Retail internationalization in China: Expansion of foreign retailers

Retail Internationalization in China: Expansion of Foreign Retailers

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-208

  Siebers, Lisa Qixun ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230313729     Document Type: Book

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