Motives for Outward FDI of Chinese Private Firms: Firm Resources, Industry Dynamics, and Government Policies

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-248

  Lu, Jiangyong ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^b   Wang, Hongling ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese private firms; Market seeking outward FDI; Outward FDI motives; Strategic asset seeking outward FDI

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959881156     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2010.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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