Top executive compensation, regional institutions and Chinese OFDI

Journal of World Business

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-155

  Liu, Xiaohui ^a   Lu, Jiangyong ^b   Chizema, Amon ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

China; Executive equity ownership; OFDI; Regional institutions; Top executive pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888034010     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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