Managerial ties, firm resources, and performance of cluster firms

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-633

  Zhang, Shujun ^a   Li, Xinchun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster; Firm resources; Managerial ties; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249112784     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9090-7     Document Type: Article

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