The effects of social capital and organizational innovativeness in different institutional contexts

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 589-612

  Luk, Chung Leung ^a   Yau, Oliver H M ^a   Sin, Leo Y M ^b   Tse, Alan C B ^b   Chow, Raymond P M ^c   Lee, Jenny S Y ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Guanxi; Hong Kong; Institutional theory; Mainland China; Organizational innovativeness; Social capital theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349150312     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400373     Document Type: Article

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