Convergence of corporate governance: Critical review and future directions

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-404

  Yoshikawa, Toru ^a,b   Rasheed, Abdul A ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of Directors; Capital Markets; Convergence; Corporate Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049155537     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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