Ownership structure and corporate performance: Empirical evidence of China's listed property companies

Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-10

  ke, Qiulin ^a   Isaac, David ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate performance; Legal person shares; Ownership structure; State shares

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249119519     PISSN: 13664387     EISSN: 17598443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13664380780001089     Document Type: Article

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