‘Reverse internationalization’ in Chinese firms: a study of how global startup OEMs seek to compete domestically

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 201-219

  Chin, Tachia ^a   Liu, Ren Huai ^b   Yang, Xuemei ^c  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUANGHE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

China; global startup; internationalization; knowledge acquisition capability; OBM; OEM

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE; MANUFACTURING; MARKET CONDITIONS;

CHINA;

EID: 84955178695     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1055087     Document Type: Article

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