Country-of-origin effects of foreign direct investment: An industry level analysis

Management International Review

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-198

  Wang, Chengqi ^a,b   Clegg, Jeremy ^c   Kafouros, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Country of origin; Determinants; FDI; Industry; MNEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350082350     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-008-0135-4     Document Type: Article

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