Institutional Complementarity and Substitution as an Internationalization Strategy: The Emergence of an African Multinational Giant

Global Strategy Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 83-103

  Luiz, John ^a,b   Stringfellow, Dustin ^b   Jefthas, Anthea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African multinational; emerging multinational enterprises; firm and country specific advantages; institutional leverage capability; institutional voids

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012146161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20425805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gsj.1143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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