When does internal governance make firms innovative?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-153

  Wu, Hsueh Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Board competence; Managerial ownership; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549042341     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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