The challenge of effective governance: The case of Swiss Air

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 583-594

  Nwabueze, Uche ^a   Mileski, Joan ^a  

^a HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Ethics; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249085899     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700810913250     Document Type: Article

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