Managerial autonomy, contractual incentives and productivity in a transition economy: Some evidence from China's town and village enterprises

Pacific Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-361

  Cheng, Harrison ^a   Hsiao, Cheng ^a   Nugent, Jeffrey B ^a   Qiu, Jicheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Petroperdana Inc   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INCENTIVE; MARKET TRANSITION; PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33748885847     PISSN: 1361374X     EISSN: 14680106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2006.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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