Entrepreneurship and privatization in Central Europe: The tenuous balance between destruction and creation

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 630-649

  Spicer, Andrew ^a   McDermott, Gerald A ^b   Kogut, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

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EID: 0034339138     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2000.3363531     Document Type: Article

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