Understanding corporate governance reform in south africa: Anglo-american divergence, the king reports, and hybridization

Business and Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 647-673

  Andreasson, Stefan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo American model; corporate governance reform; King report; Sarbanes Oxley; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155189663     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650309332205     Document Type: Article

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