Improving generalizations from multi-country comparisons in international business research

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1275-1293

  Franke, George R ^a   Richey, R Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; bribery corruption fraud; cross cultural research measurement issues; evaluation of current empirical approaches; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958016925     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2010.21     Document Type: Review

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