Revisiting liability of foreignness: Sociopolitical costs facing Chinese multinationals in the United States

Investing in the United States: Is the US Ready for FDI from China?

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 122-141

  Eden, Lorraine ^a   Miller, Stewart R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 84890700929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849803502.00012     Document Type: Chapter

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