The Roles and Performance of State Firms and Non-State Firms in China's Economic Transition

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-54

  Li, Shaomin ^a,b   Xia, Jun ^c  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; ownership; performance; resource; strategy; transition economies

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MARKET TRANSITION; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 36749080390     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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