Business incubation in China: Effectiveness and perceived contributions to tenant enterprises

Management Research Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-99

  Xu, Lilai ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business formation; China; Entrepreneurialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953673095     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171011011599     Document Type: Article

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