Interfirm relations in China: Group structure and firm performance in business groups

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1709-1730

  Keister, Lisa A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Economic sociology; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349246813     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209331534     Document Type: Article

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