Host-country headquarters and an MNE's subsequent within-country diversifications

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-525

  Ma, Xufei ^a   Delios, Andrew ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diversification strategies; Emerging markets; Host country headquarters; Political strategies; Subsidiary strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949858767     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.51     Document Type: Article

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