Does Ownership Structure Matter for Firm Technological Innovation Performance? The Case of Korean Firms

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-288

  Choi, Suk Bong ^a   Park, Byung Il ^b   Hong, Paul ^c  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Korea; Ownership concentration; Ownership structure; Technological innovation performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859940955     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2012.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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