Do independent directors add value?

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 14, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Matolcsy, Zoltan ^a   Stokes, Donald ^a   Wright, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 33646884276     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2004.tb00281.x     Document Type: Note

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