A tale of corporate governance: Lessons why firms fail

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 272-283

  Mardjono, Amerta ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Management failures; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744373736     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900510585609     Document Type: Article

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