Where is independent director efficacy?

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 636-643

  Luan, Chin Jung ^a,b   Tang, Ming Je ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Board composition; Financial transparency; True independence of outside directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547298955     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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