Extending the internationalization process model: Increases and decreases of MNE commitment in emerging economies

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 894-909

  Santangelo, Grazia D ^a   Meyer, Klaus E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

institutional context; institutional theory; internalization theory; MNE host country relations; subsidiary development, expansion and growth; subsidiary strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052681517     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2011.25     Document Type: Article

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