The effect of own-firm and other-firm experience on foreign direct investment survival in the United States, 1987-92

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 811-824

  Shaver, J Myles ^a   Mitchell, Will ^b   Yeung, Bernard ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Business survival; Experience other firm; Experience own firm; Foreign direct investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001067784     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199711)18:10<811::AID-SMJ924>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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