A taxonomy of systems of corporate governance

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 152-166

  Weimer, Jeroen ^a   Pape, Joost C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

International; Systems of corporate governance; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040187768     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00143     Document Type: Article

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