Board independence and product market competition in Swedish firms

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-289

  Randøy, Trond ^a   Jenssen, Jan Inge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b Agder Research Foundation   (Norway)

Author keywords

Board independence; Board monitoring; Performance; Product market competition; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042815227     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2004.00369.x     Document Type: Review

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