The impact of corporate governance reforms on the remuneration of executives in the UK

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-25

  Thompson, Steve ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Executive remuneration; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844271679     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00400.x     Document Type: Review

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