Cross-border acquisition in services: Comparing ownership choice of developed and emerging economy MNEs in India

Journal of World Business

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 409-420

  Lahiri, Somnath ^a   Elango, B ^a   Kundu, Sumit K ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border acquisition; Emerging economy; India; Ownership choice; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904578139     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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