Internal governance mechanisms and firm performance in China

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 727-749

  Hu, Helen Wei ^a   Tam, On Kit ^b   Tan, Monica Guo Sze ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu   (Australia)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Controlling shareholder; Internal governance mechanisms; Ownership concentration; Supervisory board

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957348392     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-009-9135-6     Document Type: Article

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