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Entry and business strategies used by international architectural, engineering and construction firms in China

Florence Yean Yng Ling Corresponding author Department of Building, National University of Singapore, 4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117566
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C. William Ibbs Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley and The Ibbs Consulting Group
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Javier C. Cuervo Department of Building, National University of Singapore, 4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117566
Pages 509-520 | Received 01 Mar 2004, Accepted 06 Jan 2005, Published online: 17 Feb 2007

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