Investigating guanxi dimensions and relationship outcomes: Insights from Sino-Anglo business relationships

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 510-521

  Barnes, Bradley R ^a   Yen, Dorothy ^b   Zhou, Lianxi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; China.; Cooperation; Coordination; Guanxi; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955483505     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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