Emerging market firms' acquisitions in advanced markets: Matching strategy with resource-, institution- and industry-based antecedents

European Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-289

  Stucchi, Tamara ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Augmentation versus exploitation; Cross border acquisition; Emerging market firm; Institutional void

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861710956     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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