Board composition, corporate performance, and the Cadbury committee recommendation

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 535-564

  Dahya, Jay ^a   McConnell, John J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548856220     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022109000004099     Document Type: Article

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