The Dynamics of Influence in Corporate Co-Evolution

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1246-1273

  Child, John ^a   Rodrigues, Suzana B ^b   Tse, Kenneth K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Co evolution; Influence; Political; Ports; Power; Relational framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867474057     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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