Host-home country linkages and host-home country specific advantages as determinants of foreign acquisitions by Indian firms

International Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 878-890

  Buckley, Peter J ^a   Forsans, Nicolas ^b   Munjal, Surender ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Country specific advantages (CSAs); Eclectic Paradigm; Emerging country multinationals (EMNEs); Foreign direct investment (FDI) determinants; India; Linkages; Mergers acquisitions (M As); Multinational enterprises (MNEs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863994045     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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