Gaining from the global ambitions of emerging economy enterprises: An analysis of the decision to sell a German firm to a Chinese acquirer

Journal of International Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-191

  Knoerich, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; China; Competitive strategies of non emerging market firms for emerging markets; Cross border mergers and acquisitions (M As); Emerging markets; Foreign direct investment (FDI); Germany

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953686476     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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