Engineering growth: Business group structure and firm performance in China's transition economy

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 404-440

  Keister, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0032265369     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/210043     Document Type: Article

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