Historical ties and foreign direct investment: An exploratory study

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 545-557

  Makino, Shige ^a   Tsang, Eric W K ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

foreign direct investment; history of FDI and the MNE; markets and institutions; relational embeddedness; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955098513     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2010.53     Document Type: Article

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