Chinese securities reform: The role of QFIIs in the corporate governance process

Business Horizons

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-61

  Ferguson, Michael J ^a   McGuinness, Paul B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 1142290904     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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