Do board characteristics affect corporate performance? Firm-level evidence for India

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 435-443

  Ghosh, Saibal ^a  

^a RESERVE BANK OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745092404     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500398617     Document Type: Article

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