Corporate governance: A critical survey of key concepts, issues, and recent reforms in the US

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-89

  Murphy, Albert ^a   Topyan, Kudret ^a  

^a MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Block holders; Corporate governance; Financial control; Sarbanes Oxley Act; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644489406     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10672-005-3879-z     Document Type: Article

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