China's social capital and financial performance of private enterprises

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-207

  Zhang, Qizi ^a   Fung, Hung Gay ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Performance management; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744805128     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000610665908     Document Type: Article

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