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Multinational Enterprises and Regional Economic Integration: Rethinking Key Metrics in International Business

In: International Handbook on the Economics of Integration, Volume III

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  • Alan M. Rugman
  • Chang Hoon Oh

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With this Handbook, Miroslav Jovanović has provided readers with both an excellent stand-alone original reference book as well as an integral part of a comprehensive three-volume set. This introduction into a rich and expanding academic and practical world of international economic integration also provides a theoretical and analytical framework to the reader, presenting select analytical studies and encouraging further research.

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  • Alan M. Rugman & Chang Hoon Oh, 2011. "Multinational Enterprises and Regional Economic Integration: Rethinking Key Metrics in International Business," Chapters, in: Miroslav N. Jovanović (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Integration, Volume III, chapter 4, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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