Confucian business practices and firm competitiveness: The case of Sinyi Real Estate

Frontiers of Business Research in China

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-343

  Tsai, Terence ^a   Young, Michael N ^b   Cheng, Bor shiuan ^c  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

benevolent paternalism; collective good; competitiveness; Confucianism; righteousness; self cultivation; Sinyi Real Estate

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051922330     PISSN: 16737326     EISSN: 16737431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11782-011-0133-4     Document Type: Article

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