Economic distance and the survival of foreign direct investments

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1156-1168

  Tsang, Eric W K ^a   Yip, Paul S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 36749082970     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20159917     Document Type: Article

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