Chinese outward direct investment in Southeast Asia: How big are the flows and what does it mean for the region?

Pacific Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-340

  Frost, Stephen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); Outward Direct Investment (ODI); Southeast Asia; State owned Enterprises (SOE)

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 11844257570     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0551274042000261489     Document Type: Article

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