Governance, performance objectives and organizational form: Evidence from hospitals

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 527-548

  Eldenburg, Leslie ^a   Hermalin, Benjamin E ^b   Weisbach, Michael S ^c,d   Wosinska, Marta ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Hospitals; Organizational form; Performance objectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342579493     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(03)00031-2     Document Type: Article

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