Convergence in European corporate governance: The audit committee concept

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 753-768

  Collier, Paul ^a   Zaman, Mahbub ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit committees; Convergence; Corporate governance; Europe; Governance codes

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744505753     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00468.x     Document Type: Review

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