The Strategic Role of the Board

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-10

  Stiles, Philip ^a   Taylor, Bernard ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345880389     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.1996.tb00125.x     Document Type: Article

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