Legitimacy and multi-level institutional environments: Implications for foreign subsidiary ownership structure

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 621-638

  Chan, Christine M ^a   Makino, Shige ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Foreign subsidiary ownership structure; Legitimacy; Multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547271262     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400283     Document Type: Article

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