Board structure and ownership in Malaysia: The case of distressed listed companies

Corporate Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 582-594

  Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Boards of Directors; Chief executives; Corporate governance; Corporate ownership; Financial performance; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750262270     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700610706072     Document Type: Article

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