State versus private MNCs from China: Initial conceptualizations

International Marketing Review

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-380

  Lin, Xiaohua ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; International business; Market entry; Multinational companies; Nationalization; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952734633     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651331011048023     Document Type: Article

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