Filling institutional voids in emerging economies: The impact of capital market development and business groups on M&A deal abandonment

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 308-323

  Kim, Hyejun ^a   Song, Jaeyong ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Business groups; Emerging markets countries economies; Institutional environment; Institutional voids

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018421188     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/s41267-016-0025-0     Document Type: Article

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