A comparative analysis of the role of national culture on foreign market acquisitions by U.S. firms and firms from emerging countries

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 714-722

  Malhotra, Shavin ^a   Sivakumar, K ^b   Zhu, PengCheng ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Market entry; National culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955485185     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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