Differentiated effects of formal and informal institutional distance between countries on the environmental performance of multinational enterprises

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2657-2665

  Aguilera Caracuel, Javier ^a   Hurtado Torres, Nuria Esther ^b   Aragón Correa, Juan Alberto ^c   Rugman, Alan M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Country and firm specific advantages; Environmental performance; Formal and informal environmental distance between countries; Multinational enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883752441     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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