Managing business relationships in New Zealand and China: A semantic perspective

Management International Review

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-248

  Zhu, Yunxia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business relationship; China; New Zealand; Semantic perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651012903     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-008-0137-2     Document Type: Article

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