The Contingency Framework of Foreign Entry Mode Decisions: Locating and Reinforcing the Weakest Link

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-68

  Gao, Tao ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency framework; Foreign entry mode decisions; Foreign markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992975077     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200400003     Document Type: Review

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