The impact of ownership structure on corporate reputation: Evidence from Spain

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 540-556

  Delgado García, Juan Bautista ^a   De Quevedo Puente, Esther ^a   De La Fuente Sabaté, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate Governance; Corporate Reputation; Ownership Structure; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049428469     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2010.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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