The location of foreign insurance companies in China

International Business Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 383-398

  Wu, Xiaohong ^a   Strange, Roger ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Foreign direct investment; Insurance; Location choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034196231     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(00)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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