Which way through the open door? Reflections on the internationalization of Chinese firms

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-365

  Boisot, Max ^a   Meyer, Marshall W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrage; Chinese economic reforms; Chinese firms; Internationalization; Offshoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949125554     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2008.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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