Family control, two-tier boards and firm performance: Lessons from the Taiwanese experience

Journal of Asia-Pacific Business

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-89

  Her, Monica M ^a   Mahajan, Arvind ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Family control; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; PLANNING METHOD; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 30444438939     PISSN: 10599231     EISSN: 15286940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J098v06n02_04     Document Type: Article

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