Sub-national institutions, firm strategies, and firm performance: A multilevel study of private manufacturing firms in Vietnam

Journal of World Business

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-76

  Nguyen, Thang V ^a   Le, Ngoc T B ^a   Bryant, Scott E ^b  

^a NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic transition in Vietnam; Exports; Institutional theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868707427     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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