Coordinations in business interactions between Hong Kong Chinese, mainland Chinese, and Western actors

International Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 331-357

  Trimarchi, Michael ^a   Tamaschke, Rick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classical relationship; Hong Kong; Interfirm coordinations; International business relationship triads; Mainland China; Plural triads; Relational relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842812599     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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