The effect of host country long term orientation on subsidiary ownership and survival

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 423-453

  Peng, George Z ^a   Beamish, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural distance; Geographic distance; Long term orientation; Subsidiary ownership; Subsidiary survival; Transaction cost; Transaction value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901366540     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-013-9362-8     Document Type: Article

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