Coping with liability of foreignness: Different learning engagements of entrant firms

Journal of International Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-350

  Petersen, Bent ^a   Pedersen, Torben ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Learning engagement; Liability of foreignness; Managerial discretion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036392225     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-4253(02)00068-6     Document Type: Article

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