Is entrepreneur-politician alliance sustainable during transition? The case of management buyouts in China

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-121

  Sun, Pei ^a   Wright, Mike ^b   Mellahi, Kamel ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Entrepreneurs; Management buyout (MBO); Rent appropriation; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951951200     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2009.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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