Do as the large enterprises do?. Expatriate selection and overseas performance in emerging markets: The case of Taiwan SMEs

International Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-75

  Cheng, Hsiang Lin ^a   Lin, Carol Yeh Yun ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Expatriate selection; Overseas performance; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549132915     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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