What Matters Most? A Review of MNE Literature, 1990-2000

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-28

  Eunni, Rangamohan V ^a   Post, James E ^b  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic scholarship; International business research; Management journals; Multinational enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992954931     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200600011     Document Type: Review

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