Corporate governance codes and their contents: An analysis of eastern European codes

Journal of East European Management Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-74

  Hermes, Niels ^a   Postma, Theo J B M ^a   Zivkov, Orestis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 67049089869     PISSN: 09496181     EISSN: 18620019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2007-1-53     Document Type: Article

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