The relationship between firm performance and board characteristics in Ireland

European Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 387-399

  O'Connell, Vincent ^a   Cramer, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Credit and Group Risk Control   (Germany)

Author keywords

Board composition; Board size; Corporate governance; Firm performance; Irish Stock Market

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955923696     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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