The liability of foreignness reconsidered: New insights from the alternative research context of transforming economies

International Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-280

  Yildiz, Harun Emre ^a   Fey, Carl Felix ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Foreign firms; Legitimacy; Liability of foreignness; Transforming economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857992325     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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