Ownership and board structures in Irish plcs

European Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 730-740

  Donnelly, Ray ^a   Kelly, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Board structure; Corporate governance; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744440357     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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