Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility: Evidence from the healthcare sector

Corporate Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 590-602

  Jamali, Dima ^a   Hallal, Mohammad ^a   Abdallah, Hanin ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Health services sector; Hospitals; Lebanon; Non profit organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049517832     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701011085562     Document Type: Article

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