Capitalism in China: A Centrally Managed Capitalism (CMC) and Its Future

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-96

  Lin, Nan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Centrally managed capitalism; Chinese capitalism; Ideological transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952135153     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2010.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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