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Strategic responses to extreme institutional challenges: An MNE case study in the Palestinian mobile phone sector

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  • Alaydi, Sharif
  • Buck, Trevor
  • Tang, Yee Kwan

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Besides firm-level resources and industrial influences, firms’ strategies have been related to their institutional contexts. Empirical studies have investigated survival strategies in international environments where institutional voids, barriers and violence have had independent influences.

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  • Alaydi, Sharif & Buck, Trevor & Tang, Yee Kwan, 2021. "Strategic responses to extreme institutional challenges: An MNE case study in the Palestinian mobile phone sector," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 30(3).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:iburev:v:30:y:2021:i:3:s0969593121000135
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101806
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