Organizational Responses to Institutional Upheaval by Central Eurasian Firms and the Ability to Transform Under Uncertainty

Journal of Asia Business Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Ismail, Kiran M ^a   Ford, David L ^b   Portugal Ferreira, Manuel ^c  

^a St John's University   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Central Eurasia; Firm characteristics; Institutional environment; Response strategies; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993073227     PISSN: 15587894     EISSN: 15592243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15587890880000404     Document Type: Review

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