Institutional determinism and political strategies: An empirical investigation

Business and Society

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 284-325

  Tian, Zhilong ^a   Hafsi, Taïeb ^b   Wu, Wei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Corporate political strategy; Institutional environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349314158     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650307305371     Document Type: Article

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