Disentangling the Roles of International Experience and Distance in Establishment Mode Choice

Management International Review

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-355

  Dow, Douglas ^a   Larimo, Jorma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cultural distance; Establishment mode; International experience; Psychic distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053052722     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-011-0080-5     Document Type: Article

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