Institutionalizing codes of governance

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 961-973

  Enrione, Alfredo ^a   Mazza, Carmelo ^b,d   Zerboni, Fernando ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^d GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Codes of governance; Corporate governance; Institutionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944469215     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764205285175     Document Type: Article

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