Corporate governance, ownership structure and performance of SMEs in Ghana: Implications for financing opportunities

Corporate Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 288-300

  Abor, Joshua ^a,b   Biekpe, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate ownership; Ghana; Performance management; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250304749     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700710756562     Document Type: Article

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