Corruption and subsidiary profitability: US MNC subsidiaries in the Asia Pacific region

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 949-964

  Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Hong, Sungjin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Institutional environment; Multinational corporation (MNC); Profitability; Subsidiary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869084666     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9214-8     Document Type: Article

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