Entrepreneurs, organizational members, political participation and preferential treatment: Evidence from China

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 873-889

  Chen, Zhao ^a   Sun, Yongzhi ^a   Newman, Alexander ^b   Xu, Wei ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Nottingham Ningbo China   (China)

^c CHANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; entrepreneurs; political participation; preferential policies; small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870868253     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242611407534     Document Type: Article

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