Beyond the boardroom: Governmental perspectives on corporate governance

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1001-1025

  Stein, Mitchell J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting; Corporate governance; Regulation; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949131376     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570810907456     Document Type: Review

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