Competing in (and out of) transition economies

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 571-596

  Mutlu, Canan C ^a   Zhan, Wu ^b   Peng, Mike W ^c  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c John)   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive dynamics; Domestic firms; Multinational firms; Organizational learning; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938595499     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-015-9419-y     Document Type: Article

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