Improve board effectiveness: The need for incentives

British Journal of Management

Volumn 16, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages

  Shen, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 15244352757     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2005.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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