Does the Colour of the Cat Matter? The Red Hat Strategy in China's Private Enterprises

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-80

  Chen, Wenhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

KEYWORDS institutional change; private owned enterprises; property rights regime; social networks; transitional economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871528697     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2007.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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