Akoorie, Michèle; Tang, Fangcheng; Ke, Xinsheng - In: Chinese Management Studies 7 (2013) 1, pp. 74-93
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine how the co‐evolution of two order systems‐ guanxi networks and legal system, i.e. a dual order system‐has shaped the growth of China's SMEs. From an institutional perspective, one proposition suggested has been that building guanxi networks...