What determined success during the Asian economic crisis?-the importance of experiential knowledge and group affiliation

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-106

  Wang, Hui Mei ^a   Huang, Hengchiang ^b   Bansal, Pratima ^c  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asian economic crisis; Keiretsu; Knowledge resource; MNC

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444394880     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-005-6419-3     Document Type: Article

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