Determinants of FDI mode choice: Acquisition, brownfield, and greenfield entry in foreign markets

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-220

  Cheng, Yung Ming ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Brownfield; FDI mode choice; Foreign direct investment (FDI); Greenfield

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845809716     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2006.tb00627.x     Document Type: Article

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