Ownership structure, corporate governance and company performance in China

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 519-545

  Wei, Gang ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Corporate governance; Corporate performance; Ownership structure; State owned shareholding

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; CORRELATION; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34748845769     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380701300130     Document Type: Article

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