Determinants and performance effects of management consultancy adoption in listed Chinese companies

Asian Business and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-286

  Chen, Huihua ^a   Duh, Rong Ruey ^b   Chan, Hung C ^c   Xiao, Jason Zezhong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; consultancy; information technology; innovation diffusion; management accounting; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955653257     PISSN: 14724782     EISSN: 14769328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/abm.2011.5     Document Type: Article

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