The ownership structure of listed Chinese State-owned enterprises and its relation to corporate performance

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-246

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

^a Business Administration Faculty   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PROFITABILITY; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 14644414905     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0960310042000319246     Document Type: Article

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