Do outside independent directors strengthen corporate boards?

Corporate Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-64

  Petra, Steven T ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of Directors; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844452364     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700510583476     Document Type: Article

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