State ownership, firm size, and Chinese firms' entry mode choices

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 319-

  Xie, Qunyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

China; Entry mode; Firm size; Outward FDI; State ownership; Strategy tripod perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873747935     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9222-8     Document Type: Article

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