China's SOE reform: A corporate governance perspective

Corporate Ownership and Control

Volumn 3, Issue 4 A, 2006, Pages 132-150

  Zhang, Weiying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Management; Privatization; SOE

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955078103     PISSN: 17279232     EISSN: 18103057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cocv3i4p14     Document Type: Article

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