Corporate governance decision-making model: How to nominate skilled board members, by addressing the formal and informal systems

International Journal of Disclosure and Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-126

  Maharaj, Rookmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Decision making process; Groupthink; Knowledge; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650261612     PISSN: 17413591     EISSN: 17466539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jdg.2008.27     Document Type: Article

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