An assessment of the effects of institutional change on chinese outward direct investment activity

China Rules: Globalization and Political Transformation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 135-165

  Voss, Hinrich ^a   Buckley, Peter J ^b,c   Cross, Adam R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85004006993     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230274181     Document Type: Chapter

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