Toward a legitimacy-based view of political risk: The case of Google and Yahoo in China

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 945-963

  Stevens, Charles E ^a   Xie, En ^b   Peng, Mike W ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

bargaining power; government intervention; legitimacy; political institutions; political risk

Indexed keywords

INTERNET;

BARGAINING POWER; GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION; LEGITIMACY; POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS; POLITICAL RISKS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84926432009     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2369     Document Type: Article

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