The small world of corporate boards

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1321-1343

  Conyon, Martin J ^a   Muldoon, Mark R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Corporate governance; Small worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845408879     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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