Location in Internationalization Strategy: Determinants and Consequences

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 37-68

  Pangarkar, Nitin ^a   Yuan, Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Internationalization; Location strategies; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992979823     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200900009     Document Type: Review

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