Chinese enterprises in Germany: Establishment modes and strategies to mitigate the liability of foreignness

Journal of World Business

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-44

  Klossek, Andreas ^a   Linke, Bernd Michael ^b   Nippa, Michael ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acquisition; China; Germany; Greenfield; Liability of foreignness

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755161973     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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