Board evaluations: Making a fit between the purpose and the system

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 609-622

  Minichilli, Alessandro ^a   Gabrielsson, Jonas ^b   Huse, Morten ^c,d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Norwegian School of Mangement   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance rating index; Evaluation of the board

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547277573     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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