Chinese puzzles and paradoxes: Conducting business research in China

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-210

  Roy, Abhik ^a   Walters, Peter G P ^a   Luk, Sherriff T K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China research; Data collection; Survey design and implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041370207     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(99)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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