Corporate governance practices in Indian firms

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-279

  Kota, Himu Bindu ^a   Tomar, Sarika ^a  

^a NIILM Centre for Management Studies   (India)

Author keywords

Audit committees; Board size; CEO duality; Corporate governance; Non executive directors; Tobin's Q

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953001461     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.16.2.266     Document Type: Article

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