Small business retailing in privatizing economies: The influence of managers' individualistic and collectivist values

Journal of East-West Business

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 123-143

  Stan, Simona ^a   Evans, Kenneth R ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Economic reform; Retailing; Romania; Small business; Transition

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PRIVATIZATION; RETAILING; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033495375     PISSN: 10669868     EISSN: 15286959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J097v05n01_07     Document Type: Article

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