Business group performance in china: Ownership and temporal considerations

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-193

  Carney, Michael ^a   Shapiro, Daniel ^b   Tang, Yao ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business groups; China; Institutional voids; Ownership; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350629047     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2009.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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