Institutional open access at home and outward internationalization

Journal of World Business

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 234-246

  Sun, Sunny Li ^a   Peng, Mike W ^b   Lee, Ruby P ^c   Tan, Weiqiang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Institution based view; Institutional open access; Institutional transitions; Internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919643092     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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