Problems and Limitations of Institutional Investor Participation in Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-73

  Webb, Robert ^a   Beck, Matthias ^b,c,d   McKinnon, Roddy ^d,e  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e International Social Security Association   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cadbury; Corporate governance; Financial market efficiency; Financial system architecture; Hampel; Institutional investors; Myners

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142157166     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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