The liability of foreignness in capital markets: Sources and remedies

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-122

  Bell, R Greg ^a   Filatotchev, Igor ^b,c   Rasheed, Abdul A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital markets; Institutional context; Institutional theory; Liability of foreignness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856032229     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2011.55     Document Type: Article

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