Corporate governance and management practices in Japan: Current issues

Corporate Ownership and Control

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 38-52

  Nakamura, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Japanese corporate governance practice; Transitional economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249729095     PISSN: 17279232     EISSN: 18103057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cocv1i2p3     Document Type: Article

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