Going overboard? On busy directors and firm value

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3248-3259

  Cashman, George D ^a   Gillan, Stuart L ^b   Jun, Chulhee ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c BNU HKBU UNITED INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Busy directors; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866883264     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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