The internationalization of Chinese companies: Firm characteristics, industry effects and corporate governance

Research in International Business and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-372

  Kling, Gerhard ^a   Weitzel, Utz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Cross border M A; Domestic M A; Internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955520336     PISSN: 02755319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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