Managing crisis in a globalising era: The case of Chinese business firms from Singapore

Chinese Business and the Asian Crisis

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 87-113

  Yeung, Henry Wai Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84896237039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315191539     Document Type: Chapter

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