Shih-Fen Chen, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

The rule of share distribution between the partners of an equity joint venture
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$74,250
A transaction governance perspective on the role of bribery, entertainment, and gift-giving in business settings
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$61,400

All 2 grants and awards

No publications available.

The rule of share distribution between the partners of an equity joint venture

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chen, Shih-Fen S.

Keywords: equity joint ventures; inter-firm cooperation; share distribution

$74,250

A transaction governance perspective on the role of bribery, entertainment, and gift-giving in business settings

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Chen, Shih-Fen S.

Keywords: economic transactions governance; social sanctions; business ethics; social behaviors; bribery; entertainment; gift-giving

$61,400

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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