An examination of strategic foreign direct investment decision processes: the case of Taiwanese manufacturing SMEs

Management Decision

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 619-630

  Wei, Ho Ching ^a   Christodoulou, Chris ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Foreign investment; Small to medium sized enterprises; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986052190     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749710176145     Document Type: Article

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