The use of favors by emerging market managers: Facilitator or inhibitor of international expansion?

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-349

  Puffer, Sheila M ^a   McCarthy, Daniel J ^a   Jaeger, Alfred M ^b   Dunlap, Denise ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emerging market firms; Favors; Institutional theory; International expansion; Relational entity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877595341     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-012-9299-3     Document Type: Article

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