Good corporate practices in poor corporate governance systems: Some evidence from the Global Competitiveness Report

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 12-23

  Cornelius, Peter ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Direct investment; Emerging markets; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544450483     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700510604661     Document Type: Article

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