A review of Latin American corporate governance literature: 2000-2009

Corporate Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 635-648

  Harris, Jean E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Research methods; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949124964     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700910998193     Document Type: Article

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