Subsidiary expansion/contraction during times of economic crisis

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 500-516

  Chung, Chris Changwha ^a   Lee, Seung Hyun ^b   Beamish, Paul W ^c   Isobe, Takehiko ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Across country operational flexibility; Economic crisis; MNE network characteristics; Real options; Subsidiary expansion; Within country growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949832375     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.72     Document Type: Article

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