Corporate governance regulation in Nigeria

Corporate Governance

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-276

  Adegbite, Emmanuel ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Developing countries; Good corporate governance; Nigeria; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859390872     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701211214124     Document Type: Article

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