Bundles of firm corporate governance practices: A fuzzy set analysis

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 390-407

  García Castro, Roberto ^a   Aguilera, Ruth V ^b   Ariño, Miguel A ^a  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of director mechanisms; Corporate financial performance; Corporate governance; Legal control mechanisms; Market control mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879109013     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/corg.12024     Document Type: Article

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