Change and continuity in southeast Asian ethnic Chinese business

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-254

  Yeung, H W C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business networks; Capitalism; Ethnic Chinese business; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749039519     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9007-2     Document Type: Article

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