The traditional ideology of senior management: obstacles to entrepreneurship and innovation in the reform of state-owned enterprises in Vietnam

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 227-250

  Nguyen, Thang V ^a   Dao, Lam T T ^a   Pham, Chi T T ^b  

^a NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b MDF Training and Consultancy   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

management ideology; state owned enterprises; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871837432     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2005.006527     Document Type: Article

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