Foreign direct investment, access to finance, and innovation activity in Chinese enterprises

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 367-382

  Girma, Sourafel ^a   Gong, Yundan ^a   Görg, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INNOVATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 47049102792     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhn009     Document Type: Article

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