Mobilization of personal social networks and institutional resources of private entrepreneurs in China

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-449

  Fong, Eric ^a   Chen, Wenhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 39449127061     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2007.tb01351.x     Document Type: Article

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