Institutional constraints and ecological processes: Evolution of foreign-invested enterprises in the Chinese construction industry, 1993-2006

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 539-556

  Zhou, Chaohong ^a   Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

China; Competitive structure; Foreign direct investment; Institutional environment; Organizational ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949864234     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.61     Document Type: Article

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