Empirical evidence on corporate governance and corporate performance in Tunisia

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1429-1441

  Khanchel El Mehdi, Imen ^a  

^a Cite Eriadh   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Emerging market; Governance quality; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EID: 37148998824     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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