How are institutional capabilities transferred across borders?

Journal of World Business

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 882-894

  Carney, Michael ^a   Dieleman, Marleen ^b   Taussig, Markus ^b  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; Host country institutions; Institutional capabilities; MNEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951781490     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2015.12.002     Document Type: Article

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