Oversight and delegation in corporate governance: Deciding what the board should decide

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-12

  Useem, Michael ^a,b   Zelleke, Andy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Management ^*  (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Board decisions; Corporate governance; Decision protocols; Governance culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645039111     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2006.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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