Hybrid Strategies, Dysfunctional Competition, and New Venture Performance in Transition Economies

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 469-501

  Du, Yunzhou ^a   Kim, Phillip H ^b   Aldrich, Howard E ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

China's transitional institutions; dysfunctional competition; market oriented strategies; new venture performance; political networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987780959     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/mor.2016.30     Document Type: Review

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