A stranger in a strange land: Micro political risk and the multinational firm

Business Horizons

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-137

  Alon, Ilan ^a   Herbert, Theodore T ^a  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental analysis; Micro political risk; Multinational corporation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849141698     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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