Partnering with Chinese firms : lessons for international managers / Yadong Luo.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Partnering with Chinese Firms: Overview -- Multinational Corporations in China: An Overview -- MNCs and Worldwide Investment -- MNCs and FDI Flows to Asia -- FDI in China: 1979-1998 -- Present Situation and Future Outlook -- The Economic Environment at the Turn of the Century -- Overview of the Chinese Economy -- Current Situation and Future Direction -- Implications for MNCs -- Partnering with Chinese Firms: Foreign vs. Chinese Perspective -- Partner Selection: A Foreign Parent Perspective -- Conceptual Background -- Strategic Attributes -- Organizational Attributes -- Financial Attributes -- Empirical Evidence -- Practical Examples: Mini-Cases -- Partner Selection: A Chinese Parent Perspective -- Evaluating a Foreign Investor's Critical Capabilities -- Theory on Chinese Firms -- Research Methods -- Analysis and Results -- MNEs in China: Case Studies -- Atlantic Richfield -- Intel's Entrance into China -- PepsiCo -- Xerox -- OTIS -- Kodak -- Coca-Cola -- Microsoft -- Boeing -- KFC.