The board advisory tasks in small firms and the event of crises

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-22

  Minichilli, Alessandro ^a   Hansen, Cathrine ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Board tasks performance; Boards of directors; Crisis; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248341025     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-007-9014-9     Document Type: Article

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