Acquisitions of Chinese state-owned enterprises by multinational corporations: Driving forces, barriers and implications for HRM

British Journal of Management

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Cooke, Fang Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644626089     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2006.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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