Corporate governance and responsibility in Nigeria

International Journal of Disclosure and Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-271

  Adegbite, Emmanuel ^a   Nakajima, Chizu ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

corporate governance; corruption; Nigeria; politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960939485     PISSN: 17413591     EISSN: 17466539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jdg.2011.2     Document Type: Article

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