Corporate governance in the Netherlands: An overview of the application of the Tabaksblat Code in 2004

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1106-1118

  Akkermans, Dirk ^b   Van Ees, Hans ^a,b   Hermes, Niels ^b   Hooghiemstra, Reggy ^b   Van Der Laan, Gerwin ^b   Postma, Theo ^b   Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^c  

^a Faculty of Economics and Business   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Code; Compliance; Corporate governance; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149003994     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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