State ownership effect on firms' FDI ownership decisions under institutional pressure: A study of Chinese outward-investing firms

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-284

  Cui, Lin ^a   Jiang, Fuming ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese outward FDI; institutional theory; state ownership; subsidiary ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859038503     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2012.1     Document Type: Article

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