East meets west? Board characteristics in an emerging market: Evidence from Turkish banks

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 550-561

  Kaymak, Turhan ^a,b   Bektas, Eralp ^b  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Banking; Board of directors; Central and eastern Europe; Corporate governance; Corporate performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149122056     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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