The limits of firm-level globalization: Revisiting the FSA/CSA matrix

International Business Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 767-775

  Hillemann, Jenny ^a   Gestrin, Michael ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Control; Country specific advantages; Firm specific advantages; Foreign direct investment; Global factory; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957397890     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.01.018     Document Type: Article

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