Corporate governance and Asian companies

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Globerman, Steven ^a   Peng, Mike W ^b   Shapiro, Daniel M ^c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asian companies; Controlling shareholders; Corporate governance; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751576084     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9240-6     Document Type: Editorial

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