Cultural distance and valuation of multinational corporations

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 365-383

  Antia, Murad ^a   Lin, J Barry ^b   Pantzalis, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural distance; Multinational corporations; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349025516     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mulfin.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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