Corporate Governance and board effectiveness in maritime firms

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-54

  Randøy, Trond ^a   Down, Jon ^b   Jenssen, Jan Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board effectiveness; Board independence; Board ownership; Corporate governance; Founder CEO; Maritime industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347532800     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100059     Document Type: Article

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