Ownership, governance and firm performance in Malaysia

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-222

  Tam, On Kit ^a   Tan, Monica Guo Sze ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Acumen Alliance   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate control; Corporate governance practices; Cross shareholding; Firm performance; Malaysia; Ownership; Pyramids

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947215020     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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