Building innovative organizations in China: The "execution+" organization

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-53

  Gu, Ming ^a   Tse, Edison ^b  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Information and communication technology (ICT) industries; Latecomer firm; Organizational innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849147415     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9115-2     Document Type: Article

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