Corporate governance and performance around the world: What we know and what we don't

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-70

  Love, Inessa ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH WORK; VALUATION;

EID: 79957907399     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: 15646971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lkp030     Document Type: Article

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