The investment opportunity set and the voluntary use of outside directors: New Zealand evidence

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 263-273

  Hossain, Mahmud ^a   Cahan, Steven F ^b   Adams, Michael B ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2342594614     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2000.9728944     Document Type: Article

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