Corporate governance and top managers: Potential sources of sustainable competitive advantage

Human Systems Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-222

  Gadhoum, Yoser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Corporate governance; Top manager opportunism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347179943     PISSN: 01672533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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