Identifying liabilities of foreignness and strategies to minimize their effects: The case of labor lawsuit judgments in the United States

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 229-244

  Mezias, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign subsidiary management; Host country adaptation; Labor lawsuit judgments; Legal environment; Liability of foreignness

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; PERSONNEL;

LABOR LAWSUIT;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0036502180     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.220     Document Type: Article

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