Organizational geography, experiential learning and subsidiary exit: Japanese foreign expansions in China, 1979-2001

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 579-597

  Kim, Tai Young ^a   Delios, Andrew ^b   Xu, Dean ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Foreign subsidiaries; Organizational geography; Vicarious learning

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

CHINA; JAPAN;

EID: 77954354036     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq014     Document Type: Article

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