Determinants of firm level governance: Malaysian evidence

Corporate Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 562-573

  Ariff, Akmalia Mohamad ^a   Ibrahim, Muhd Kamil ^a   Othman, Radiah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Best practice; Corporate governance; Malaysia; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148934450     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700710827158     Document Type: Article

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