Risk and the strategy of foreign location choice in regulated industries

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1097-1115

  García Canal, Esteban ^a   Guillén, Mauro F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign location choice; Policy risk; Political strategy; Regulated industries

Indexed keywords

BROADCASTING; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC UTILITIES;

FOREIGN LOCATION CHOICE; POLICY RISK; POLITICAL STRATEGY; REGULATED INDUSTRIES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 53149120998     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.692     Document Type: Article

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