Management demography and corporate performance: Evidence from China

International Business Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-275

  Cheng, Louis T W ^a   Chan, Ricky Y K ^a   Leung, T Y ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate performance; Management demography; Upper echelons theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952554297     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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