An institutional analysis of marketing practices of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-88

  Siu, Wai Sum ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Hong Kong; Institutional analysis; Marketing; Small firms; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MARKETING; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 14644429681     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0898562052000330306     Document Type: Article

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