Entrepreneurship in international business: An institutional perspective

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-61

  Yeung, Henry Wai Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Actor networks; Business systems; Institutional perspective; International business; Transnational entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 14044250893     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014887523110     Document Type: Article

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