The state matters: Management models of Singaporean Chinese and Korean business groups

Organization Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 507-534

  Tsui Auch, Lai Si ^a   Lee, Yong Joo ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian economic organization; Chaebol; Family business; Institutional perspective; Organizational imitation; Overseas Chinese enterprise; The state

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042594662     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840603024004001     Document Type: Article

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