Managerial ties, control and deregulation: An investigation of business groups entering the deregulated banking industry in Taiwan

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-520

  Chung, Hsi Mei ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Business groups; Managerial ties; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845992168     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9018-z     Document Type: Article

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