Does market-oriented institutional change in an emerging economy make business-group-affiliated multinationals perform better? An institution-based view

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1141-1160

  Kim, Hicheon ^a   Kim, Heechun ^b   Hoskisson, Robert E ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business group affiliation; firm performance; institution based view; international diversification; market oriented institutional change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956666568     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2010.17     Document Type: Article

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