Internationalization and organizational resources of Chinese firms

Chinese Management Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-272

  Lau, Chung Ming ^a   Ngo, Hang Yue ^a   Yiu, Daphne W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Competences; International business; International investments; Management technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956134061     PISSN: 1750614X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506141011074147     Document Type: Article

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