China's business network structure during institutional transitions

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-240

  Ren, Bing ^a   Au, Kevin Y ^b   Birtch, Thomas A ^c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business networks; China; Institutional transitions; Interlocking directorates

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149105193     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9106-3     Document Type: Article

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