Survival of the foreign subsidiaries of TMNCs: The influence of business group affiliation

Journal of International Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-295

  Garg, Miti ^a   Delios, Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business group affiliation; Development stage; FDI; Institutional environments; Liability of foreignness; Survival; Third world multinationals

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548164861     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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