Dos and don'ts for Chinese companies investing in the United States: Lessons from Huawei and Haier

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-515

  Wu, Friedrich ^a   Hoon, Lim Siok ^b   Yuzhu, Zhang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

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EID: 79959546265     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20426     Document Type: Article

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