Transferring organizational practices and the dynamics of hybridization: Japanese retail multinationals in China

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 705-732

  Gamble, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952035924     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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