The crisis of Japanese retailing at the turn of the millennium: A crisis of corporate governance and finance

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-28

  Meyer Ohle, Hendrik ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corporate Finance; Corporate Governance; Japanese Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542302430     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593960110103797     Document Type: Article

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