African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

Investigating the driving forces of the formation of Chinese born global firms

Xi Chen
  • Xi Chen
  • Business School, China University of Political Science and Law, China.
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  •  Received: 23 October 2021
  •  Accepted: 18 March 2022
  •  Published: 30 April 2022

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