Corporate governance and disappointment

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 677-713

  Erturk, Ismail ^a   Froud, Julie ^a   Johal, Sukhdev ^b   Williams, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Elites; Financialisation; Neoliberalism; Present day capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844285616     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969229042000279766     Document Type: Review

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