Linking Theory and Context: 'Strategy Research in Emerging Economies' after Wright etal. (2005)

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1322-1346

  Xu, Dean ^a   Meyer, Klaus E ^a  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

Contexts; Emerging economies; Literature review; Strategy research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881370877     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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