Market liberalization and firm performance during China's economic transition

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 127-147

  Park, Seung Ho ^a,d   Li, Shaomin ^b   Tse, David K ^c,e  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Samsung Economic Research Institute   (China)

^e Chinese Management Centre   (China)

Author keywords

Economic transition; Firm performance; Market liberalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144436820     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400178     Document Type: Article

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