An Exploratory Study on Interlocking Directorates in Listed Firms in Singapore

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 322-334

  Chin Huat, Ong ^a   Wan, David ^a   Kee Sing, Ong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bank control theory; Bank hegemony theory; Interlocking directorates; Management control theory; Resource dependency theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141907373     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00330     Document Type: Article

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