A New Perspective on Ownership Identities in China's Listed Companies

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-343

  Delios, Andrew ^a   Wu, Zhi Jian ^a   Zhou, Nan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; governance; ownership identity; state shareholding

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548485699     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2006.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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