Legitimacy and accelerated internationalisation: An Indian perspective

Journal of World Business

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 623-634

  Bangara, Athena ^a   Freeman, Susan ^b   Schroder, William ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerated internationalisation; Aggressiveness; Emerging markets; India; Normative legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866158130     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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