The choice between joint venture and wholly owned subsidiary: An institutional perspective

Organization Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 667-683

  Yiu, Daphne ^a,b   Makino, Shige ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Institutional Theory; International Entry Mode; Multinational Enterprise; Subsidiary Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036868575     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.13.6.667.494     Document Type: Article

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