Managing foreign R&D laboratories in China

R and D Management

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Von Zedtwitz, Maximilian ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

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EID: 4544331769     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2004.00351.x     Document Type: Review

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