Corporate governance and performance of Indian firms: The effect of board size and ownership

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-172

  Dwivedi, Neeraj ^a   Jain, Arun Kumar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Board size; Corporate governance; Firm performance; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144431842     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10672-005-6939-5     Document Type: Review

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