Strategic Issues

  • Michael Z. Brooke
  • Peter J. Buckley

Abstract

Part 1 deals with the general issues that face the international trader. The methods of operating the strategies once chosen are discussed in the later parts.

Keywords

Foreign Direct Investment International Monetary Fund Market Research Strategic Issue Overseas Market 
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Copyright information

© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988

Authors and Affiliations

  • Michael Z. Brooke
    • 1
  • Peter J. Buckley
    • 2
  1. 1.Brooke Associates (Manchester) LtdUK
  2. 2.Management CentreUniversity of BradfordUK

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