Emerging economies' multinationals: General features and specificities of the Brazilian and Chinese cases

International Journal of Emerging Markets

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 289-306

  Goldstein, Andrea ^a   Pusterla, Fazia ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; China; Emerging markets; International investments; Multinational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037872     PISSN: 17468809     EISSN: 17468817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17468801011058398     Document Type: Article

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