When brokers may not work: The cultural contingency of social capital in Chinese high-tech firms

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-31

  Zhixing, Xiao ^a   Tsui, Anne S ^b,c,d  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 34547492720     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.52.1.1     Document Type: Article

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