Board Informal Hierarchy and Digital Transformation: Evidence From Chinese Manufacturing Listed Companies
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Keywords
board informal hierarchy; digital transformation; manufacturing; relational contract theory; corporate governance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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