Adapting to radical change: Strategy and environment in piece-rate adoption during China's transition

Organization Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 459-474

  Keister, Lisa A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Firms; Chinese Transition; Corporate Strategy; Environmental Change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036744493     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.13.5.459.7811     Document Type: Article

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