The Transvergence Proposition Under Globalization: Looking Beyond Convergence, Divergence and Crossvergence

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 37-58

  Gupta, Vipin ^a   Wang, Jifu ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Globalisation; Transvergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992978668     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200400009     Document Type: Review

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