Ownership, corporate governance and top management pay in Hong Kong

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-302

  Cheng, Suwina ^b   Firth, Michael ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Executive compensation; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544385187     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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