Multiple influences on corporate governance practice in Nigeria: Agents, strategies and implications

International Business Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 524-538

  Adegbite, Emmanuel ^a   Amaeshi, Kenneth ^b   Nakajima, Chizu ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agents of convergence; Diffusion of corporate governance systems; International organisations; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875526216     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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