Authority and democracy in corporate governance?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-370

  Van Oosterhout, J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Authority; Corporate governance; Economic theory of the firm; Managerial democracy; McMahon; Raz

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847765445     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9146-x     Document Type: Review

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