Firm performance: Do non-executive directors have minds of their own? Evidence from UK panel data

Financial Management

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 81-112

  Mura, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38349000928     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2007.tb00082.x     Document Type: Article

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