Influence of cultural distance on Chinese outward foreign direct investment

Emerging Economies and Firms in the Global Crisis

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 154-178

  Drogendijk, Rian ^a   Blomkvist, Katarina ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 85009209108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137277473     Document Type: Chapter

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