Survival of Japanese subsidiaries in the Middle East and North Africa

Journal of World Business

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-425

  Demirbag, Mehmet ^a   Apaydin, Marina ^b   Tatoglu, Ekrem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Economic distance; Economic freedom; Japanese FDI; Middle East and North Africa; Subsidiary survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052517804     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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