Changing the management mindset: management style and coping with world-class competition

Management Decision

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 607-612

  Wright, Philip C ^a   Szeto, W F ^b   Geory, Gary D ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Shue Yan College   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

China; International trade; Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097815     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740010357230     Document Type: Article

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