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Over the last twenty years, the application of economic theory to international business studies has sharpened the analysis of key issues. Economists aim to ask the right questions and to answer these questions in a rigorous way. This means making their assumptions explicit, for a start. The set of strategies available to the ftrms that they are studying is clearly specilled and the details of each strategy are spelled out.
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Buckley, P.J., Casson, M. (1998). An Economic Model of International Joint Venture Strategy. In: International Business. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26416-2_5
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