What drives outward FDI of Chinese firms? Testing the explanatory power of three theoretical frameworks

International Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-438

  Wang, Chengqi ^a,e   Hong, Junjie ^b   Kafouros, Mario ^c   Boateng, Agyenim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Nottingham   (China)

Author keywords

China; Determinants; Emerging market firms; Industry; Institution; Outward FDI; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858438051     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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