Globalization and the renewal of Asian business networks

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-354

  Carney, Michael ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business groups; Global commodity chains; Relational contracting

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944455422     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-005-4114-z     Document Type: Review

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