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International Product Life Cycles and the International Automobile Industry

M.J. Thomas (Marketing Department, School of Management and Organizational Sciences, Lancaster University, UK)

European Journal of Marketing

ISSN: 0309-0566

Article publication date: 1 March 1981

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Abstract

Attempts to use developments in the international automobile industry to explore the validity of international product life cycle theory. States that tendencies towards entropy in the automobile industry are apparent, and multinationals are not guaranteed existence.

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Thomas, M.J. (1981), "International Product Life Cycles and the International Automobile Industry", European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 15 No. 3, pp. 41-59. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000004877

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1981, MCB UP Limited

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