Power or market? Location determinants of multinational headquarters in China

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2364-2383

  Wang, Danny T ^a   Zhao, Simon X ^b   Gu, Flora F ^c   Chen, Wendy Y ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 80055036589     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a448     Document Type: Article

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