Unpacking liability of foreignness: Identifying culturally driven external and internal sources of liability for the foreign subsidiary

Journal of International Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-321

  Calhoun, Mikelle A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Liability of foreignness; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036392162     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-4253(02)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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