Asian business systems: Institutional comparison, clusters and implications for varieties of capitalism and business systems theory

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-300

  Witt, Michael A ^a   Redding, Gordon ^a  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; China; Culture; Japan; Social capital; Varieties of Capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875791507     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwt002     Document Type: Article

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