Building board expertise through key supporting processes

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 38-49

  Roy, Marie Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Directors; Education; Performance appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649111157     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040810919953     Document Type: Article

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