Pace, rhythm, and scope: process dependence in building a profitable multinational corporation - Vermeulen, Freek; Barkema, Harry (Strategic management journal, 2002)
Keywords: Absorptive capacity; Applied sciences; Business management; Business strategies; Business structures; Competitive firms; Corporate strategies; Countries; development paths; Diseconomies; Enterprises; Exact sciences and technology; Expansion; Firm modelling; Foreign subsidiaries; Globalization; International business; international expansion; Internationalization; Management science; Marketing; Modeling; Multinational corporations; Multinational enterprises; Operational research and scientific management; Operational research. Management science; Profit; Profitability; Profitable firms; Strategic planning; Studies; Subsidiary companies; time compression diseconomies; Compression; Profitability; Irregularity; Globalization; International economy; Multinational corporation; Markets; Profit