THE IMPACTS OF INSTITUTIONAL DISTANCE ON THE LOCATION OF CHINA’s OUTWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN ASEAN: An Empirical Research Based on CAGE Distance Framework

Xue Ye; Mohd Sobri Don; A. S. A. Ferdous Alam

doi:10.62051/ijgem.v1n1.09

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Xue Ye
Mohd Sobri Don
A. S. A. Ferdous Alam

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https://doi.org/10.62051/ijgem.v1n1.09

Keywords:

China’s OFDI, Institutional distance, CAGE Distance Framework, Investment location choice

Abstract

As the world political and economic environment continues to change, the external environment faced by Chinese OFDI enterprises was becoming increasingly complex, with the impacts of institutional distance becoming more prominent.

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