The Financial and Operating Performance of Chinese Family-Owned Listed Firms

Management International Review

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-318

  Ding, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Zhang, Junxi ^b  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Family owned firms; Performance; State owned firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449111768     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-008-0017-9     Document Type: Article

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