Do regions matter? An integrated institutional and semiglobalization perspective on the internationalization of MNEs

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 910-934

  Arregle, Jean Luc ^a   Miller, Toyah L ^b   Hitt, Michael A ^c   Beamish, Paul W ^d  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

institutional environment; internationalization; location of foreign subsidiaries; regional strategy; semi globalization

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES; INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INTERNATIONALIZATION; REGIONAL STRATEGY; SEMI-GLOBALIZATION;

INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84879415288     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2051     Document Type: Article

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