Chinese guanxi as network building: The emergence of the new institutional environment in China

Global Business and Economics Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 44-59

  Molz, Rick ^a   Wang, Xiaoyun ^b  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Guanxi; Institutional environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644538920     PISSN: 10974954     EISSN: 17451329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/gber.2006.008776     Document Type: Article

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