Codes of good governance

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 376-387

  Aguilera, Ruth V ^b   Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Codes of Good Governance; Corporate Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049098789     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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