The impact of ISO 9000 diffusion on trade and FDI: A new institutional analysis

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 613-633

  Clougherty, Joseph A ^a,b   Grajek, Michał ^c  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Institutional environment; Theory of FDI and the MNE; Trade flows; Transaction cost analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349086281     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400368     Document Type: Article

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