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Russian Oil and Gas MNEs Investing in China: The Role of Government in Value Creation

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The People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Russian Federation (RF) are the two fastest-growing economies in the world. Gazprom has internationalized into China as it has been developing very fast. Russian companies also consider the Chinese market to be very attractive for international expansion, especially in natural resource-based industries, such as oil and gas or metallurgy.

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  1. Center for the Study of Emerging Market and Russian Multinational Enterprises, Graduate School of Management, Saint-Petersburg State University, Volkhovskiy pereulok, 3, 199004, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

    Andrei Panibratov

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  1. Department of Business and Management, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Svetla Marinova

  2. Department of Marketing, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland

    Jorma Larimo

  3. Turku Sch of Economics, Univ of Turku, Turun Yliopisto, Finland

    Niina Nummela

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Panibratov, A. (2017). Russian Oil and Gas MNEs Investing in China: The Role of Government in Value Creation. In: Marinova, S., Larimo, J., Nummela, N. (eds) Value Creation in International Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30803-6_10

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