International ambidexterity and firm performance in small emerging economies

Journal of World Business

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-67

  Hsu, Chia Wen ^a   Lien, Yung Chih ^b   Chen, Homin ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Commerce Development Research Institute ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exploitation; Exploration; FDI; International ambidexterity; Small emerging economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868682858     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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