Compradors, firm architecture and the 'reinvention' of British trading companies: John Swire and Sons' operations in early twentieth-century China

Business History

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 15-34

  Cox, Howard ^a   Biao, Huang ^b   Metcalfe, Stuart ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037399086     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713999308     Document Type: Article

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