The changing structure of US corporate boards: 1997-2003

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1215-1223

  Chhaochharia, Vidhi ^a   Grinstein, Yaniv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Board size; Board structure; Director independence

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149016433     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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