Are East Asian companies benefiting from western board practices?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 133-150

  Nowland, John ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Board committees; Board independence; Corporate governance; East Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749092365     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9389-1     Document Type: Article

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