Whose experience matters in the boardroom? the effects of experiential and vicarious learning on emerging market entry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 398-418

  Tuschke, Anja ^a   Gerard Sanders, W G ^b   Hernandez, Exequiel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

board interlocks; emerging markets; experiential learning; FDI; vicarious learning

Indexed keywords

BOARD INTERLOCKS; EMERGING MARKETS; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FDI; VICARIOUS LEARNING;

COMMERCE; INVESTMENTS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84893724484     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2100     Document Type: Article

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