Board structure and survival of new economy IPO firms

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-163

  Chancharat, Nongnit ^a   Krishnamurti, Chandrasekhar ^b   Tian, Gary ^c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Board Structure; Corporate Governance; Informational Asymmetry; New Economy Firms; Survival Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856162071     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2011.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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