Offshoring innovation to emerging markets: Organizational control and informal institutional distance

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1072-1095

  Sartor, Michael A ^a   Beamish, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

country risk; emerging markets countries economies; foreign market entry; Informal institutional differences; Informal institutions and uncertainty; innovation and R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910087929     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2014.36     Document Type: Article

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