Annual report disclosure and corporate legitimacy management: A study of singapore companies' responses to the government's call for venturing abroad

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-43

  Tsang, Eric W K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Foreign direct investment; Institutional pressure; Legitimacy theory; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249093158     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010661105944     Document Type: Article

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