Outside directors, ownership structure and firm profitability in Korea

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-250

  Cho, Dong Sung ^a,b   Kim, Jootae ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korean Academic Society of Business Administration   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Governance structure; Outside directors; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947251251     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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