Board composition, non-executive directors and governance cultures in Irish ICT firms: A CFO perspective

Corporate Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 56-63

  O'Regan, Philip ^a   O'Donnell, David ^b   Kennedy, Tom ^a   Bontis, Nick ^c   Cleary, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Intellectual Capital Research Institute of Ireland   (Ireland)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Boards of Directors; Corporate governance; Information, Communication technologies; Ireland; Non executive directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944581313     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700510616596     Document Type: Review

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