The impact of greenfield FDI and mergers and acquisitions on innovation in Chinese high-tech industries

Journal of World Business

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-364

  Liu, Xiaohui ^a   Zou, Huan ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese high tech industries; Cross border M As; Foreign R D activities; Innovation performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649182079     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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