First mover advantages in international business and firm-specific political resources

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-345

  Frynas, Jȩdrzej George ^a   Mellahi, Kamel ^b   Pigman, Geoffrey Allen ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BENNINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

First mover advantages; Government; International business; Political resources; Resource based view; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGES; POLITICAL RESOURCES; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; TRANSITION ECONOMIES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645397408     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.519     Document Type: Article

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