Business modeling for entrepreneurial firms: Four cases in China

Chinese Management Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-359

  Liu, Yang ^a   Wei, Jiang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business model; China; Competitive advantage; Cost innovation; Entrepreneurship; Value innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883059044     PISSN: 1750614X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CMS-Mar-2012-0052     Document Type: Review

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