An Empirical Analysis of the Internationalization-Performance Relationship Across Emerging Market Firms

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-44

  Elango, B ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Internationalization, Performance; Manufacturing firms; Service firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992933882     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200600002     Document Type: Review

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