Inter-organizational meets inter-personal: An exploratory study of social capital processes in relationships between Northern European and ethnic Chinese firms

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 502-512

  Ramström, Joachim ^a  

^a NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chinese; International business; Northern Europe; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 44549085588     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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