Strictly limited choice or agency? Institutional duality, legitimacy, and subsidiaries' political strategies

Journal of World Business

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 302-311

  Nell, Phillip C ^a,b   Puck, Jonas ^a   Heidenreich, Stefan ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b Department of Strategic Management and Globalization ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Institutional theory; MNC subsidiaries; Political strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924460012     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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