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Western Perceptions of Chinese Business: Sun Tzu and the Misuse of History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2017

Greg Clydesdale*
Affiliation:
Lincoln University, New Zealand

Abstract

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Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion
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Copyright © The International Association for Chinese Management Research 2017 

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