Historie and emergent trends in chinese outward direct investment

Management International Review

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 715-748

  Buckley, Peter J ^a   Cross, Adam R ^a   Tan, Hui ^b   Xin, Liu ^c   Voss, Hinrich ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BNP Paribas Hong Kong Branch   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese MNEs; Foreign market entry; Investment motivation; Outward FDI

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449659895     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-008-0104-y     Document Type: Article

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