The global emergence of Chinese multinationals: A resource-based view of ownership and performance

Xiaoming He1, Subrata Chakrabarty2, Lorraine Eden3
1Department of Management, School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
2University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, USA
3Department of Management, Texas A&M University, Mays Business School, College Station, USA

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