Liability of country foreignness and liability of regional foreignness: Their effects on geographic diversification and firm performance

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 635-647

  Qian, Gongming ^a   Li, Lee ^b   Rugman, Alan M ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

firm performance; intra and inter regional diversification; liability of country foreignness; liability of regional foreignness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880259611     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.21     Document Type: Article

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