Political hazards, experience, and sequential entry strategies: The international expansion of Japanese firms, 1980-1998

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1153-1164

  Delios, Andrew ^b   Henisz, Witold J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Internationalization; Japan; Organizational learning; Political risk; Stages model

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

POLITICAL ASPECTS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0142166689     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.355     Document Type: Review

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