Board leadership structure and firm performance

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 785-799

  Kang, Eugene ^a,b   Zardkoohi, Asghar ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Board leadership; CEO duality; Firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744548106     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00470.x     Document Type: Review

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