Corporate board attributes and bankruptcy

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1139-1143

  Platt, Harlan ^a   Platt, Marjorie ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Board characteristics; Board composition; Boards of directors; Stock ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861662820     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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