Entrepreneurship in Russia and China: The impact of formal institutional voids

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-467

  Puffer, Sheila M ^a   McCarthy, Daniel J ^a   Boisot, Max ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 77953314429     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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