The Influence of the Board of Directors and Financial Performance on the Incidence of Executive Plurality

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-20

  Davidson III, Wallace N ^a   Nemec, Carol ^a   Worrell, Dan ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0347938687     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.1996.tb00126.x     Document Type: Article

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