Sub-National Institutional Contingencies, Network Positions, and IJV Partner Selection

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1221-1245

  Shi, Weilei ^a   Sun, Sunny Li ^b   Peng, Mike W ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance network; Emerging economies; IJV; Institution based strategy; Sub national region

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867470595     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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