Public sentiment is everything: Host-country public sentiment toward home country and acquisition ownership during institutional transition

• Main Authors: YIU, Daphne W., WAN, William P., CHEN, Kelly Xing, TIAN, Xiaocong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Informal institutions; Institutional theory; Sentiment; Public opinion; Cross-border acquisitions; Sentiment analysis; Social media; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7334; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8333/viewcontent/Public.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Under strict scrutiny of public governance primed by international relation tensions, geopolitics, and the rise of social movements and public activism in the globalized economy, public sentiment is exerting increasing pressure on multinational corporations (MNCs). Utilizing the context of inward ac...