The right tree for the right bird: Location choice decision of Taiwanese firms' FDI in China and Vietnam

International Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-352

  Lei, Han Sheng ^a   Chen, Yung Shuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Investment motives; Location strategy; Logistic regression; Network relationship; Ownership advantage; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956011072     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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