Corporate performance, corporate governance and top executive turnover in Finland

European Financial Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-248

  Maury, Benjamin ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Board design; Board turnover; Corporate governance; Management turnover; Ownership structure; Two tier board

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247854967     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1354-7798.2006.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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