The economic theory of international business: A supply chain perspective

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-134

  Casson, Mark ^a   Wadeson, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination; Internalisation; Licensing; Multinational companies; Multinational enterprise; Offshore production; Supply chain; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992957353     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15253831211238203     Document Type: Article

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