Inside the regional multinationals: A new value chain perspective on subsidiary capabilities
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Regional multinational; Regional strategy; Subsidiary development; Expansion and growth; Internalization theory; Regional distance; Subsidiary capabilities; Regional effect; Learning effect;All these keywords.
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