Chinese Management Buyouts and Board Transformation

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 361-380

  Li, Yao ^a   Wright, Mike ^b   Scholes, Louise ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

board; China; governance; listed companies; management buyouts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957992447     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0850-9     Document Type: Article

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