Managerial ties and firm performance in an emerging economy: Tests of the mediating and moderating effects

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 537-559

  Wang, Gang ^a   Jiang, Xu ^a   Yuan, Chang Hong ^a   Yi, Ya Qun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emerging economy; Environmental turbulence; Managerial ties; Performance; Resource acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877607469     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-011-9254-8     Document Type: Article

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