Entry modes of foreign direct investment in China: A multinomial logit approach

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 58, Issue 11 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1495-1505

  Wei, Yingqi ^a   Liu, Bo ^b   Liu, Xiaming ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Entry modes; Foreign direct investment; Multinomial logit model

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944471976     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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