Corporate governance options for the local subsidiaries of multinational enterprises

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 568-576

  Kiel, Geoffrey C ^a   Hendry, Kevin ^a   Nicholson, Gavin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Multinational enterprises; Subsidiary companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750376648     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2006.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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