Scale economies of department stores in the People's Republic of China

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-12

  Zhuang, Guijun ^a   Zhou, Nan ^b   Herndon, Neil C ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Department Store; Economies Of Scale; Efficiency; People'S Republic Of China; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949103363     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593960110073313     Document Type: Article

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