Tigers, dragons, and others: Profiling high performance in Asian firms

Journal of International Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 5-29

  Deshpandé, Rohit ^a   Farley, John U ^b,c   Bowman, Douglas ^d  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4944240164     PISSN: 1069031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jimk.12.3.5.38101     Document Type: Review

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