Political Institutional Change, Obsolescing Legitimacy, and Multinational Corporations: The Case of the Central American Banana Industry

Management International Review

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 847-877

  Bucheli, Marcelo ^a   Kim, Min Young ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Foreign direct investment; Institutional change; Obsolescing legitimacy; Political integration; Political risk; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869187103     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-012-0141-4     Document Type: Article

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