Performance implications of ties to the government and SOEs: A political embeddedness perspective

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1020-1047

  Okhmatovskiy, Ilya ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77955015782     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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