A boardroom revolution? The impact of the Cadbury nexus on the work of non-executive directors of FTSE 350 companies

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 152-164

  Gay, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadbury Report; Combined Code; Corporate governance; Non executive directors; PLC boards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038897608     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00243     Document Type: Article

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