Board of director diversity and firm financial performance

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-111

  Erhard, Niclas L ^a   Werbel, James D ^b   Shrader, Charles B ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Firm organisation; Heterogeneity; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041473412     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00011     Document Type: Review

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