Power dimensions in the board and outside director independence: Evidence from large industrial UK firms

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-72

  Udueni, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board composition; Outside director independence and power dimension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041707175     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00129     Document Type: Article

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