Management controls in Sino-American joint ventures: A comparative case study

Managerial Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 50-69

  Chalos, Peter ^a   O’Connor, Neale G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Corporate culture; Joint ventures; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944242169     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074359810765534     Document Type: Article

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