Venturing Abroad by Emerging Market Enterprises: A Test of Dual Strategic Intents

Management International Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-459

  Luo, Yadong ^a,d   Zhao, Hongxin ^b   Wang, Yagang ^c   Xi, Youmin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emerging market firms; International venturing; Strategic intent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864419854     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-011-0087-y     Document Type: Article

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