Does subnational region matter? Foreign affiliate performance in the United states and China

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1226-1243

  Chan, Christine M ^a   Makino, Shige ^b   Isobe, Takehiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cross national comparison; emerging economies; foreign affiliate performance; institutional environments; Japanese multinationals; subnational region

Indexed keywords

CROSS-NATIONAL; EMERGING ECONOMIES; FOREIGN AFFILIATES; INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; JAPANESE MULTINATIONALS; SUBNATIONAL REGION;

EID: 78249253931     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.854     Document Type: Article

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