Inside the China-EU FDI bond

China and World Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 92-108

  Clegg, Jeremy ^a   Voss, Hinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; EU; F21; F23; Foreign direct investment; M16; Multinational enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961098028     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2011.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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