Foreign Subsidiary Performance: Evidence from Ghana

Journal of Transnational Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-187

  Dadzie, Samuel ^a   Larimo, Jorma ^a   Nguyen, Huu Le ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

foreign subsidiary; Ghana; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901006651     PISSN: 15475778     EISSN: 15475786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2014.904662     Document Type: Article

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