A framework for determining the influence of the corporate board of directors in accounting studies

Corporate Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 2-24

  Cravens, Karen S ^a   Wallace, Wanda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 0040082126     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00222     Document Type: Article

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