The entry-mode decision of Chinese outward FDI: Firm resources, industry conditions, and institutional forces

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 483-499

  Cui, Lin ^a   Jiang, Fuming ^b   Stening, Bruce ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

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EID: 79959551155     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20425     Document Type: Article

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