ICT Development and the Regional vs. Global Strategies of MNEs

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 51-70

  Tang, Linghui ^a   Trevino, Len J ^b  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global strategy; ICT; MNEs; Regional strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993030336     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X201000019     Document Type: Review

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