Change of governance in the organization value Chain: The case of the high-tech industries in Taiwan

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-182

  Lin, Yu Chuan ^a   Yeh, Kuang S ^b   Li, Shaomin ^c  

^a MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate Governance; Governance Environment; High tech Industries; Organization Value Chain; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952119275     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2011.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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