Institutions and business networks: A comparative analysis of the Chinese, Russian, and West European markets

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 36, Issue 7 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 955-967

  Jansson, Hans ^a   Johanson, Martin ^b   Ramström, Joachim ^c  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business networks; Chinese; Institutions; Russian; West European

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547783905     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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