An empirical analysis and extension of internalization theory in emerging markets: The role of firm-specific assets and asset dispersion in the multinationality-performance relationship

Journal of World Business

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 628-640

  Kirca, Ahmet H ^a   Fernandez, Whitney Douglas ^b   Kundu, Sumit K ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Internalization theory; MNCs from emerging markets; Multinationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963831004     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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