Industry association networks, innovations, and firm performance in Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises

China Economic Review

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 213-228

  Qiao, Peng hua ^a   Ju, Xiao feng ^b   Fung, Hung Gay ^c  

^a QIQIHAR UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Industry association networks; Innovations; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901192818     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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