Tradition versus change: Evaluating the currency of some traditional chinese values in today's business environment

Journal of Global Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-89

  Willis, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business; China; Culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449091618     PISSN: 08911762     EISSN: 15286975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08911760802511436     Document Type: Article

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