An empirical taxonomy of SOE governance in transitional China

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 401-433

  Hua, Jinyang ^a   Miesing, Paul ^b   Li, Mingfang ^c,d,e  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism with Chinese characteristics; Governance taxonomy; Institutionalism; State owned enterprises; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845336151     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-006-9008-z     Document Type: Article

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