Corporate governance effectiveness during institutional transition

International Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-448

  Lau, Chung Ming ^a   Fan, Dennis K K ^a   Young, Michael N ^b   Wu, Shukun ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Designing Consultants Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

China; Corporate governance; Enterprise reform; Institutional transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447522199     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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