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Emerging Market Multinationals and Economic Development. Guest Editors: Anne Miroux and Lourdes S. Casanova

Why Chinese bank internationalisation is gradual - an historical institutional perspective

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Pages 318-332 | Received 05 Jun 2018, Accepted 08 Nov 2018, Published online: 22 Jan 2019

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