Generic and specific social learning mechanisms in foreign entry location choice

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1309-1330

  Belderbos, René ^a   Olffen, Woody Van ^b,c   Zou, Jianglei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AMI Consultancy Maastricht   (Netherlands)

^d ABN AMRO Corporate Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

agglomeration; foreign entry; location choice; mimicry; multinational firms

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; FOREIGN ENTRY; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; LOCATION CHOICE; MIMICRY; MULTINATIONAL FIRMS; SOCIAL LEARNING;

AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRY;

LOCATION;

EID: 80053571592     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.938     Document Type: Article

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