Still searching for the pot of gold: Doing business in today's China

Journal of Business Strategy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 27-35

  Jagersma, Pieter K ^a   Van Gorp, Désirée M ^b  

^a NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Nyenrode University and Director of NIC   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Foreign trade; International business; Trade barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993099028     PISSN: 02756668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02756660310504942     Document Type: Article

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