Going public with good governance: Evidence from China

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1190-1202

  Li, Larry ^a,b   Naughton, Tony ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Board characteristics; China; IPO performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149016434     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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