Multilatinas as sources of new research insights: The learning and escape drivers of international expansion

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1963-1972

  Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escape; Internationalization; Latin America; Learning; Multilatinas; Multinational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956940634     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.142     Document Type: Article

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