Strategists on the board

Organization Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-74

  McNulty, Terry ^a   Pettigrew, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boards; Corporate governance; Directors; Part time board member; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006930445     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840699201003     Document Type: Article

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