Responsible corporate governance: Towards a stakeholder board of directors?

Corporate Ownership and Control

Volumn 6, Issue 4 A, 2009, Pages 9-19

  Ayuso, Silvia ^a   Argandoña, Antonio ^b  

^a ESCI International Trade Business School   (Spain)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Board composition; Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Financial performance; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878598888     PISSN: 17279232     EISSN: 18103057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cocv6i4p1     Document Type: Article

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