Corporate governance and firm value: The case of Venezuela

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-209

  Garay, Urbi ^b   González, Maximiliano ^a  

^a Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración ^*  (United States)

^b Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Corporate governance rating index; Corporate performance; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749120596     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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