Host country institutional pressures and cross-border relationship governance

International Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-337

  Svendsen, Mons Freng ^a   Haugland, Sven A ^b  

^a Exploration Department   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Governance; Institutional theory; International relationships; Marketing strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956047331     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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