Corporate governance in Turkey: An overview and some policy recommendations

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-75

  Ararat, Melsa ^a   Ugur, Mehmet ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Disclosure; Foreign investment; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544389696     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700310459863     Document Type: Article

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