Boards of directors and firm performance: Is there an expectations gap?

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 577-593

  Brennan, Niamh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Expectations gap; Firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750343745     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2006.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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