Ownership reform among state firms in China and its implications

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 568-588

  Li, Ji ^a   Lam, Kevin ^b   Moy, Jane W ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Business performance; China; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944376935     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510593567     Document Type: Article

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