Structural reform and firm exports

Management International Review

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 479-507

  Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a   Dau, Luis Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Domestic private firms; Domestic state owned firms; Firm exports; Latin America; Structural reform; Subsidiaries of foreign firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449494876     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-009-0005-8     Document Type: Article

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