Corporate Performance and Managerial Ties in China

Chris Rowley is Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, UK; Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, Japan and University of Business and International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland and Professor Emeritus at The Business School, City University of London, UK. He has over 30 years of experience in university systems in the UK, Europe and Asia and has won several international grants. He is the editor of three journals, including Asia Pacific Business Review, and has published over 700 articles, books, chapters and practitioner pieces. He regularly provides interviews, expert comments and opinion pieces to the international media, including news services, TV, radio and practitioner outlets.Ingyu Oh is Professor of International Business at Kansai Gaidai University, Japan. He has spent most of his academic career teaching and researching Japanese, South Korean and Taiwanese corporations, with an emphasis on leadership, governance, innovation and organizational evolution. He is currently Associate Editor of Asia Pacific Business Review.

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