Does political risk affect the scope of the expansion abroad? Evidence from Spanish MNEs

International Business Review

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 619-633

  Jiménez, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Negative binomial regression; Political risk; Scope of internationalisation; Spanish MNE

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956916945     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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