Corporate governance in China: A step forward

European Financial Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-123

  Cheung, Yan Leung ^a   Jiang, Ping ^a   Limpaphayom, Piman ^b   Lu, Tong ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449100151     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2008.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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