Market-oriented organizations in an emerging economy. A study of missing links

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 481-491

  Liu, Sandra S ^a   Luo, Xueming ^b   Shi, Yi Zheng ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Entrepreneurship; Market orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037409157     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(01)00265-X     Document Type: Article

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