Corporate governance structure, managerial discretion, and the R&D investment in China

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-188

  Dong, Jing ^a   Gou, Yan nan ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Corporate governance; Managerial discretion; R D investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149197898     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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