Equity-based entry modes of emerging country multinationals: Lessons from Turkey

Journal of World Business

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 445-462

  Demirbag, Mehmet ^a   Tatoglu, Ekrem ^b   Glaister, Keith W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emerging country MNEs; FDI; Institutional theory; Joint ventures; Turkey; Wholly owned subsidiaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549133923     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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