Capability, environment and internationalization fit, and financial and marketing performance of MNEs' foreign subsidiaries An abductive contingency approach

Cross Cultural and Strategic Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 405-435

  Dikova, Dessislava ^a   Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^b   Parker, Simon ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entry modes; Establishment modes; Fit outcome relationships; Subsidiary performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021014715     PISSN: 20595794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CCSM-01-2016-0003     Document Type: Article

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