Tightening corporate governance

Journal of International Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-316

  Windsor, Duane ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Cross national variation; Geographical diversity; Multinational corporation; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049118555     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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