The new middle class meets the creative class: The Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and creative innovation in 21st-century China

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 419-429

  Flew, Terry ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Created in China; Creative industries; Creativity; Globalization; Intellectual property; Knowledge economy; Masters of Business Administration (MBA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747627146     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877906066887     Document Type: Article

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