Does board independence influence the top management team? evidence from strategic decisions toward internationalization

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-350

  Chen, Hsiang Lan ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate governance; Internationalization; Top management teams; Upper echelons perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959908454     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2011.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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