Turnaround in East Asian firms: Evidence from ethnic Overseas Chinese communities

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 519-540

  Bruton, Garry D ^a   Ahlstrom, David ^b   Wan, Johnny C C ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese culture; East Asia; Institutional theory; Turnaround

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CULTURAL TRADITIONS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0037621437     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.312     Document Type: Review

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