The proportion and social capital of outside directors and their impacts on firm value: Evidence from Korea

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1168-1176

  Kim, Yangmin ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Board composition; Firm value; Outside directors; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149023225     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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