Facing global economic crisis: Foreign sales, ownership groups, and corporate value

Journal of World Business

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-100

  Ma, Xufei ^a   Yiu, Daphne W ^a   Zhou, Nan ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Skolkovo Institute for Emerging Market Studies   (Russian Federation)

^c Skolkovo Institute for Emerging Market Studies   (China)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Firm value; Foreign sales; Global economic crisis; Ownership groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888032025     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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