Spillovers and competition among foreign and local firms in China

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 495-518

  Chang, Sea Jin ^a   Xu, Dean ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Competition effects; Competitor analysis; Foreign direct investments; Spillover effects

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

COMPETITION EFFECTS; COMPETITOR ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS; SPILLOVER EFFECTS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 42149189402     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.674     Document Type: Article

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