Building professional discourse in emerging markets: Language, context and the challenge of sensemaking

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 583-599

  Kuznetsov, Andrei ^a   Kuznetsova, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross cultural research measurement issues; economic and or cultural risks in emerging markets; emerging markets countries economies; language (language design; liability of foreignness; silent language; translation)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902161025     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.69     Document Type: Article

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