Institutional Constraints on Economic Reform: The Case of Investment Decisions in China

Organization Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-77

  Child, John ^a   Yuan, Lu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China, Decision making; Institutions; Investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030535442     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.1.60     Document Type: Article

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