Institutional changes and organizational transformation in developing economies

Journal of International Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-216

  Aulakh, Preet S ^a   Kotabe, Masaaki ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business groups; Developing economies; Economic liberalization; Institutional changes; Privatization; Strategic transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949105019     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2008.04.001     Document Type: Editorial

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