Building a corporate network in a transition economy: The case of Slovenia

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-331

  Pahor, Marko ^a   Prašnikar, Janez ^a   Ferligoj, Anuška ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; NETWORKING; PRIVATIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 5044226003     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463137042000257546     Document Type: Article

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