Private firms in China: Building legitimacy in an emerging economy

Journal of World Business

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-399

  Ahlstrom, David ^a   Bruton, Garry D ^b   Yeh, Kuang S ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Emerging economies; Institutional theory; Legitimacy; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549114653     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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