Corporate governance and firm performance: Evidence from Japanese manufacturing industries after the lost decade

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 724-736

  Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Goto, Mika ^c   Omi, Yusuke ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; DEA; Japanese manufacturing

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; CORPORATE LEADERS; DEA; ECONOMIC REFORM; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FOREIGN INVESTMENT; FOREIGN INVESTORS; JAPANESE FIRMS; JAPANESE MANAGEMENT; JAPANESE MANUFACTURING; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SHAREHOLDINGS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FARM BUILDINGS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; MANUFACTURE; SHAREHOLDERS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 70449535753     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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