On the supposed independence of two-tier boards: Formal structure and reality in the Netherlands

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-37

  Maassen, Gregory F ^b   Van Den Bosch, Frans A J ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Independence of corporate boards; Independence of Dutch supervisory boards; Two tier boards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041707184     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00126     Document Type: Article

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