An examination of strategies under the financial tsunami

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1319-1336

  Ho, G T S ^a   Choy, K L ^a   Chung, S H ^a   Lam, C H Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Business performance; China; Financial risk; Research; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; CHINA; CORPORATE STRATEGIES; CURRENT SITUATION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FINANCIAL RISK; GLOBAL COMPETITION; GLOBAL DISASTERS; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; HONG-KONG; QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ECONOMICS; FINANCE; MANUFACTURE; PROFITABILITY; RESEARCH; TSUNAMIS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 78049518881     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571011087419     Document Type: Article

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