The association between corporate governance guidelines and risk management and internal control practices: Evidence from a comparative study

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 288-308

  Sarens, Gerrit ^a   Christopher, Joe ^b  

^a LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Belgium; Corporate governance; Internal control; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952234513     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686901011034144     Document Type: Article

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