The Icelandic Bank collapse: Challenges to governance and risk management

Corporate Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-45

  Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf ^a  

^a Reykjavik University   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Governance; Iceland; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049119453     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701011021094     Document Type: Article

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