Location choice for direct foreign investment in new hospitals in China by using ANP and TOPSIS

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 375-390

  Lin, Chin Tsai ^a   Tsai, Meng Chuan ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ANP; China; Foreign direct investment (FDI); Hospital; Location choice; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951207839     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-008-9199-2     Document Type: Article

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