Corporate governance and shareholder value maximization: An African perspective

African Development Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 350-367

  Kyereboah Coleman, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PANEL DATA;

AFRICA;

EID: 35648980052     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2007.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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