Ownership concentration and product innovation in Chinese firms: The mediating role of learning orientation

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-100

  Li, Yuan ^a   Guo, Hai ^b   Yi, Yaqun ^a   Liu, Yi ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Innovation; Institutional theory; Learning orientation; Ownership concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951965449     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2009.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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