Rules of the game for emerging market multinational companies from China and India

Journal of International Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-299

  Kothari, Tanvi ^a   Kotabe, Masaaki ^b   Murphy, Priscilla ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging Market Multinational Companies (EMNCs); EMNC capabilities; Foreign expansion strategy; Historical analysis; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881659755     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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