East meets East and East meets West: The case of Sino-Japanese and Sino-West joint ventures in China

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 841-863

  Li, Ji ^a   Karakowsky, Leonard ^a   Lam, Kevin ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0036753457     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00314     Document Type: Article

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