Emerging economies and institutional quality: Assessing the differential effects of institutional distances on ownership strategy

Journal of World Business

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 600-611

  Liou, Ru Shiun ^a   Chao, Mike Chen Ho ^b   Yang, Monica ^c  

^a Texas A and M Central Texas   (United States)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border mergers and acquisitions (M As); Emerging market multinational corporations (EMNCs); Institutional distance; Ownership strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962119022     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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