Chinese foreign direct investment in Indonesia: Trends, drivers and impacts

International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 136-160

  Gammeltoft, Peter ^a   Tarmidi, Lepi T ^b  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

China; Economic development; Emerging multinationals; FDI; Indonesia; MNCs; Outward foreign direct investment; Overseas Chinese; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873115008     PISSN: 17531942     EISSN: 17531950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTLID.2013.051701     Document Type: Article

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