Between markets and politics: Organizational responses to reform in China

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1258-1304

  Guthrie, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC REFORM; FIRMS' RESPONSE; MARKET TRANSITION;

CHINA, SHANGHAI;

EID: 0031474564     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/231084     Document Type: Article

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