Unbundling the effects of institutions on firm resources: The contingent value of being local in emerging economy private equity

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1845-1865

  Taussig, Markus ^a   Delios, Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

agency theory; emerging economies; institutions based view; local resources; private equity (PE)

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS;

AGENCY THEORY; EMERGING ECONOMIES; FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT; HOST COUNTRIES; LOCAL RESOURCES; PRIVATE EQUITY; UNBUNDLING;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84945452210     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2312     Document Type: Article

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