The Impact of Psychic Distance on Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investments

Management International Review

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 659-686

  Blomkvist, Katarina ^a   Drogendijk, Rian ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chinese OFDI; Emerging markets firms; Internationalization; Psychic distance; Psychic distance stimuli

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889645223     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-012-0147-y     Document Type: Article

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