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The internationalisation of mainland Chinese firms into Malaysia: from obligated embeddedness to active embeddedness
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Abstract "This paper examines the rationale by which mainland Chinese firms choose their coalition partners in their Malaysian ventures. I explore how, under certain political economic conditions, such cross-border investment and corporate tie-ups can be shaped to meet the Malaysian state's objectives. I arg... view more
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Keywords
enterprise; China; Malaysia; intercompany cooperation; foreign investment; economic policy; Far East; developing country; Southeast Asia; Asia
Classification
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Sociology of Economics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 59-90
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 33 (2014) 2
ISSN
1868-1034
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed