A comparative analysis of the internationalization of Chinese and Japanese firms

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-162

  Yang, Xiaohua ^a   Jiang, Yi ^b   Kang, Rongping ^c   Ke, Yinbin ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Industry; Institutions; Internationalization; Japan; MNEs; Outbound FDI; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849161469     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-007-9065-0     Document Type: Article

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