Beyond Guanxi: Network contingencies in Taiwanese business groups

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-489

  Chung, Chi Nien ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business groups; Diversification; Entrepreneurship; Guanxi; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645556380     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605058230     Document Type: Review

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