Limits to the Growth of Family-Owned Business? The Case of Chinese Transnational Corporations from Hong Kong

Family Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-70

  Yeung, Henry Wai Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84996175271     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2000.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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