Can good corporate governance practices contribute to firms’ financial performance? – evidence from Malaysian companies

International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 350-362

  Aik Leng, Allan Chang ^a   Abu Mansor, Shazali ^b  

^a University of Brunei Darussalam   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

board practices; board structure; corporate governance; firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249126363     PISSN: 14779048     EISSN: 1741802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijbge.2005.006717     Document Type: Article

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