Location and collocation advantages in international innovation

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-25

  Narula, Rajneesh ^a   Santangelo, Grazia D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collocation; Country specific advantages; Eclectic paradigm; Foreign direct investment; Innovation; International business; Multinational enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992990091     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15253831211217161     Document Type: Article

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