Web-based corporate governance information disclosure: An empirical investigation

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 50-68

  Jiang, Yabing ^a   Raghupathi, Viju ^b   Raghupathi, Wullianallur ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Disclosure; Transparency; Web site design

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; TRANSPARENCY; WEB DESIGN; WEBSITES;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; DISCLOSURE; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; INFORMATION DISCLOSURE; PROACTIVE DISPLAYS; STRATEGIC APPROACHES; WEB SITE DESIGN;

WEB CRAWLER;

EID: 70249112688     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2009092203     Document Type: Article

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