Do Japanese CEOs matter?

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 628-650

  Ahn, Sanghoon ^a   Bhattacharya, Utpal ^b   Jung, Taehun ^c   Nam, Giseok ^d  

^a Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CEO turnover; Corporate governance; Japanese firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049092579     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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