Board turnover in Taiwan's public firms: An empirical study

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1059-1086

  Liu, Yunshi ^a   Wang, Linda C ^b   Zhao, Li ^c   Ahlstrom, David ^d  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Culture; Ethnic Chinese firms; Institutional theory; Organizational change; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887318017     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-013-9363-7     Document Type: Article

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