Internationalization Strategy of MNEs from Emerging Economies: The Case of Huawei

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-156

  li Sun, Sunny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; Internationalization; Multinational enterprises; Value curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992979780     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200900013     Document Type: Review

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