When distance does not matter: Implications for Latin American multinationals

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1980-1992

  Conti, Claudio Ramos ^a,b   Parente, Ronaldo ^a,c   de Vasconcelos, Flávio C ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; Institutional distance; Internationalization; Latin America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960890920     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.144     Document Type: Article

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