An empirical study of SOEs' market orientation in transitional China

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-113

  Li, Yuan ^a   Sun, Yongfeng ^a   Liu, Yi ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Institution; Market orientation; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644523743     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-6117-9     Document Type: Review

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