Business under adverse home country institutions: The case of international sanctions against Myanmar

Journal of World Business

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 156-171

  Meyer, Klaus E ^a   Thein, Htwe Htwe ^b  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foreign entry strategy; Home country environment; Institutional perspective; Myanmar; Non governmental organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888036862     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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