Board supervision capability and information transparency

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-31

  Chiang, Hsiang Tsai ^a   He, Li Jen ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Board Compensation; Corporate Governance; Independent Director; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849125788     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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