Improving corporate governance through litigation: Derivative suits and class actions in Korea

Transforming Corporate Governance in East Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 91-115

  Song, Ok Rial ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 72449160371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203931202     Document Type: Chapter

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