Business groups' outward FDI: A managerial resources perspective

Journal of International Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-164

  Tan, Danchi ^a   Meyer, Klaus E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business groups; Business growth; Institutional view; Internationalization; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953683994     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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