Foreign Subsidiary Exit from Africa: The Effects of Investment Purpose Diversity and Orientation

Global Strategy Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 58-82

  Getachew, Yamlaksira S ^a   Beamish, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

entry to Africa; institutional instability; institutional voids; investment purpose; market seeking orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012191663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20425805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gsj.1142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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