Market Transition and the Firm: Institutional Change and Income Inequality in Urban China

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-56

  Nee, Victor ^a   Cao, Yang ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 79957478818     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2004.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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