Standards battles in China: Opening up the black box of the Chinese government

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 567-581

  van de Kaa, Geerten ^a   Greeven, Mark ^b,d   van Puijenbroek, Gido ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Independent Public Health Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; government; institutions; standards battles

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STANDARDIZATION; STATE ROLE;

CHINA;

EID: 84877285402     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: 14653990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2013.785511     Document Type: Article

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