Escaping the iron cage: Liabilities of origin and CSR reporting of emerging market multinational enterprises

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 386-408

  Marano, Valentina ^a   Tashman, Peter ^b   Kostova, Tatiana ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Emerging market multinationals; Institutional theory; Institutional voids; Legitimacy; Liabilities of origin

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018451498     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2016.17     Document Type: Article

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