Big business in South Korea: The reconfiguration process

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 302-323

  Rowley, Chris ^a   Bae, Johngseok ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 7244234387     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264388     Document Type: Article

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