Chinese strategy: Is it crossverging, converging or transverging to Western systems?

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-186

  Mackinnon, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Economic convergence; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449116711     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810854104     Document Type: Article

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