Globalization and similarities in corporate governance: A cross-country analysis

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-90

  Khanna, Tarun ^a   Kogan, Joe ^b   Palepu, Krishna ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 32544445954     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465306775565837     Document Type: Article

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