The evolution of Chinese entrepreneurial firms: Township-village enterprises revisited

Reform and Development in China: What Can China Offer the Developing World

Volumn 9780203846308, Issue , 2010, Pages 161-186

  Xu, Chenggang ^a   Zhang, Xiaobo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84911028337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203846308     Document Type: Chapter

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