Multilatinas and the internationalization of Latin American firms

Journal of World Business

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 447-460

  Aguilera, Ruth V ^a,b   Ciravegna, Luciano ^c,e   Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a   Gonzalez Perez, Maria Alejandra ^d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

^e The INCAE Business School   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Home country; International business; Internationalization; Latin America

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020260545     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2017.05.006     Document Type: Article

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