Changes in ownership concentration in mass privatised firms: Evidence from Poland and the Czech republic

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 520-534

  Grosfeld, Irena ^b   Hashi, Iraj ^a,c  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Department of Economics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Mass privatisation; Ownership concentration; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547304308     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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