Corporate governance and new organizational forms: Issues of double and multiple agency

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-360

  Child, John ^a   Rodrigues, Suzana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Control; Devolution; Hierarchy; Networks; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843130659     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026210608769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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