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A new perspective on the regional and global strategies of multinational services firms

In: Handbook of Research on International Strategic Management

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  • Alan M. Rugman
  • Alain Verbeke

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The Handbook provides an impressive state-of-the-art overview of the international strategic management field as an area of scholarly inquiry. The great strength of the work is the thoughtfulness of the messages conveyed by the expert team of authors.

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  • Alan M. Rugman & Alain Verbeke, 2012. "A new perspective on the regional and global strategies of multinational services firms," Chapters, in: Handbook of Research on International Strategic Management, chapter 13, pages 257-270, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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