Learning and lobbying: Emerging market firms and corporate political activity in Europe

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 342-362

  McGuire, Steven ^a   Lindeque, Johan ^b   Suder, Gabriele ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate political strategy; Emerging market multinational enterprises; European Union; Liability of foreignness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861612189     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2012.047028     Document Type: Article

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