Does country matter?

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1027-1043

  Makino, Shige ^a   Isobe, Takehiko ^b   Chan, Christine M ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Univ of Mktg and Distr Sciences   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Country effect; Foreign affiliate performance; International diversification

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT; MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION (MNC); RESOURCE-BASED VIEW (RBV);

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 4644268517     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.412     Document Type: Article

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