Evolution of firm- and country-specific advantages and disadvantages in the process of Chinese firm internationalization

Advances in International Management

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 235-269

  Marinova, Svetla ^a   Child, John ^b   Marinov, Marin ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Cheltenham Gloucester College of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84879362469     PISSN: 15715027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1571-5027(2011)0000024017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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