The promotion of 'Anglo-American' corporate governance in the South: Who benefits from the new international standard?

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-27

  Soederberg, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMF; MARKET CONDITIONS; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 0037253152     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713701369     Document Type: Article

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