Influence and Intervention by Financial Institutions in their Investee Companies

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 249-264

  Holland, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial institutions; Insider knowledge; Private influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542445561     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00113     Document Type: Article

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