How foreign firms achieve competitive advantage in the Chinese emerging economy: Managerial ties and market orientation

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 856-862

  Li, Julie Juan ^a   Zhou, Kevin Zheng ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Emerging economy; Institutional advantage; Managerial ties; Market orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954214212     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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