The emergence of Chinese firms as multinationals: the influence of the home institutional environment

China and the Multinationals: International Business and the Entry of China into the Global Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 125-157

  Buckley, Peter J ^a   Voss, Hinrich ^a   Cross, Adam R ^a   Clegg, L Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881740890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781001110.00012     Document Type: Chapter

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