China's business system and its future trajectory

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-399

  Redding, Gordon ^a   Witt, Michael A ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Comparative business systems; Convergence; Development; Efficiency; Hybridization; Innovation; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349269617     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9126-z     Document Type: Article

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