Returnee entrepreneurs and firm performance in Chinese high-technology industries

International Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-386

  Dai, Ou ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business performance; International networks; Knowledge based view; Returnee entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349126470     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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