The influences of governance quality on equity-based entry mode choice: The strengthening role of family control

International Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1008-1020

  Chang, Yi Chieh ^b   Kao, Ming Sung ^a   Kuo, Anthony ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Entry mode; Family control; Governance quality; Joint venture; Wholly owned subsidiary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904393020     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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