Market design in Chinese market places

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 525-546

  Krug, Barbara ^a   Hendrischke, Hans ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; International business; Market design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865440459     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9225-5     Document Type: Article

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