Board activities and the denationalization of ownership - The case of Sweden

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-254

  Jonnergård, Karin ^a   Kärreman, Matts ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

board of directors; denationalization of ownership; patterns of activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044257970     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-004-1108-z     Document Type: Article

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