Business ethics as corporate governance

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-164

  Thomsen, Steen ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Corporate governance; Institutional economics; Market failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944577089     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008791702733     Document Type: Article

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