Board Task-related Faultlines and Firm Performance: A Decade of Evidence

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 337-351

  Kaczmarek, Szymon ^a   Kimino, Satomi ^a   Pye, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boards of Directors; Corporate Governance; Faultlines; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862172436     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2011.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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