Firm growth in transitional economies: Three longitudinal cases from China, 1989-96

Organization Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-413

  Peng, Mike W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Firm growth; Institutional structure; Interorganizational networks; Strategy; Transitional economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007131917     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069701800303     Document Type: Article

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