Ownership structure and innovation: An emerging market perspective

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-24

  Chen, Victor Zitan ^a   Li, Jing ^b   Shapiro, Daniel M ^b   Zhang, Xiaoxiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Ownership concentration innovation; Ownership type

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894608153     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-013-9357-5     Document Type: Article

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