Governance and performance of Spanish privatised firms

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 503-519

  García, Laura Cabeza ^a,b   Ansón, Silvia Gómez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Performance; Privatisation; Public offerings

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547303578     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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