Accounting for endogeneity when assessing strategy performance: Does entry mode choice affect FDI survival?

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 571-585

  Shaver, J Myles ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous Strategy Choice; Entry Mode; Foreign Direct Investment; Survival

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ENDOGENOUS STRATEGY CHOICE;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0032045325     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.4.571     Document Type: Article

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