Information or influence? The benefits of experience for managing political uncertainty

Strategic Organization

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-421

  Henisz, Witold J ^a   Delios, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

environmental uncertainty; experience; multinational; political risk; survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993687262     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127004047619     Document Type: Article

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