Factors affecting global integration of Chinese multinationals in Australia: A qualitative analysis

International Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-26

  Fan, Di ^a   Zhu, Cherrie Jiuhua ^a   Nyland, Chris ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese multinationals Chinese MNEs; Global integration; Reclassification and perception analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855228469     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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