The governance role of the board; in corporate strategy: A comparison of board practices in 'for profit' and 'not for profit' organisations

International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 2-22

  Bart, Chris ^a   Deal, Ken ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boards; Governance; Mission; NFP; Nonprofit; Not for profit; Not for profit; Performance; Strategy; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646343196     PISSN: 14779048     EISSN: 1741802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijbge.2006.009405     Document Type: Article

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