Corporate governance codes in the European Union: Are they driven by external or domestic forces?

International Journal of Managerial Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 280-301

  Hermes, Niels ^a   Postma, Theo J B M ^a   Zivkov, Orestis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Best practice; Corporate governance; European Union; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249112703     PISSN: 17439132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17439130610705490     Document Type: Article

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