Cultural distance, political risk, or governance quality? Towards a more accurate conceptualization and measurement of external uncertainty in foreign entry mode research

International Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-291

  Slangen, Arjen H L ^a   van Tulder, Rob J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural distance; Entry mode choice; Governance quality; Joint venture; Political risk; Wholly owned subsidiary

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349111247     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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