Within-country product diversification and foreign subsidiary performance

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 706-724

  Delios, Andrew ^a   Xu, Dean ^b   Beamish, Paul W ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate level diversification; Host country institutions; Moderating effect; Multinational firms; Subsidiary performance; Within country diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349147135     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400378     Document Type: Article

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