The effectiveness of corporate governance: Board structure and business technical efficiency in Spain

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-339

  García Sánchez, Isabel María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Corporate governance; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957227241     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-009-0112-4     Document Type: Article

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