Competing globally, allying locally: Alliances between global rivals and host-country factors

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-137

  Yu, Tieying ^a   Subramaniam, Mohan ^a   Cannella, Albert A ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alliances and joint ventures; global competition; incorporating country variables; research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874927920     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2012.37     Document Type: Article

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