At the crossroads of distribution reform: China's recent ban on direct selling

Business Horizons

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Chan, Ricky Y K ^a  

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EID: 0033194105     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-6813(99)80074-3     Document Type: Article

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