Marketing in Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): The state of the art in a Chinese socialist economy

Small Business Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-346

  Siu, Wai Sum ^a   Liu, Zhi Chao ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Marketing practices; Small firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844461011     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-004-6479-7     Document Type: Review

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