West meets East: New concepts and theories

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 460-479

  Barkema, Harry G ^a   Chen, Xiao Ping ^b   George, Gerard ^c   Luo, Yadong ^d   Tsui, Anne S ^e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84946155281     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2015.4021     Document Type: Review

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