Are more exports better for a firm's performance? The moderating effect of FDI

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-301

  Chiao, Yu Ching ^a   Li, Peng Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Export; Firm performance; Foreign direct investment; Internationalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651243746     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2009.026993     Document Type: Article

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