Strategic responses of foreign subsidiaries to host country corruption: The case of Finnish firms in Russia

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-105

  Karhunen, Päivi ^a   Kosonen, Riitta ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corruption; Foreign trade; Institutions; International business; Organizations; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874567307     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422041311299969     Document Type: Article

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