'Late development' experience and the evolution of transnational firms in the People's Republic of China

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 324-345

  Warner, Malcolm ^a   Hong, Ng Sek ^b   Xu, XiaoJun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 7244236617     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264397     Document Type: Article

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