Flexibility-efficiency tradeoff and performance implications among Chinese SOEs

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 356-362

  Tan, Justin ^a,b   Wang, Liang ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dynamic capabilities; Flexibility efficiency tradeoff; Resource based view; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949089331     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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