Impact of Host-Country Corruption On U.S. and Chinese Cross-Border Acquisitions

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 491-507

  Malhotra, Shavin ^a   Zhu, PengCheng ^b   Locander, William ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958586204     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20375     Document Type: Article

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