Comparative Institutional Analysis and Institutional Complexity

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 12-27

  Ahmadjian, Christina L ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative institutional analysis; Institutional complexity; Institutional theory; Multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958957397     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12178     Document Type: Article

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