Both global and local: ICTs and joint ventures in China

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-443

  Westrup, Chris ^a   Liu, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Embedding; Guanxi; ICTs; Joint ventures

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749156400     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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