Board composition in New Zealand: An agency perspective

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 731-760

  Prevost, Andrew K ^a   Rao, Ramesh P ^b   Hossain, Mahmud ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 3042840906     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00448     Document Type: Article

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