Multinationality and downside risk: The roles of option portfolio and organization

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-106

  Belderbos, René ^a,b,c   Tong, Tony W ^d   Wu, Shubin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

affiliate portfolio; downside risk; multinational firm; organization; switching option

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATE PORTFOLIO; CROSS-BORDER; DOWNSIDE RISKS; HOST COUNTRIES; JAPANESE MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL FIRMS; OPERATING FLEXIBILITY; SUBADDITIVITY;

MANUFACTURE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WAGES;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84889649473     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2087     Document Type: Article

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