The relationship between corporate governance, global governance, and sustainable profits: Lessons learned from BP

Corporate Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 571-584

  Lin Hi, Nick ^a   Blumberg, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Global governance; Gulf of Mexico; Institutions; Management activities; Oil industry; Sustainable profits

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055037986     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701111176984     Document Type: Article

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