Portfolios of Political Ties and Business Group Strategy in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Taiwan

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 599-638

  Zhu, Hongjin ^a   Chung, Chi Nien ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

democratic emerging economies; market entry; political parties; political ties; portfolios of political ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908514438     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839214545277     Document Type: Article

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