Stimulating private sector development in China: The emergence of enterprise development centres in Liaoning and Sichuan provinces

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-354

  Atherton, Andrew ^a   Fairbanks, Alaric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Enterprise development; Private sector; SME Promotion Law

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; PRIVATE SECTOR; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33745100776     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380500509097     Document Type: Article

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