Corporate governance scoring systems: What do they tell us?

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 14, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 9-16

  Linden, Pernilla ^a   Matolcsy, Zoltan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 33646884501     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2004.tb00278.x     Document Type: Note

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