Ownership structure and corporate governance in China: some current issues

Managerial Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 934-952

  Wei, Gang ^a   Geng, Mingzhai ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Corporate governance; Corporate ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015637506     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350810915860     Document Type: Article

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