Corporate governance and the relationship between EVA and created shareholder value

Corporate Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-58

  El Mir, Ali ^a   Seboui, Souad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Economic value added; Shareholder value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249110566     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700810853392     Document Type: Article

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