The Product Life-Cycle Theory and Knickerbocker's Theory of Horizontal FDI

question 21

True/False

The product life-cycle theory and Knickerbocker's theory of horizontal FDI tend to be very useful from a business perspective because the theories are more descriptive than analytical.

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