Attendance of board meetings and company performance: Evidence from Taiwan

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4157-4171

  Chou, Hsin I ^a   Chung, Huimin ^b   Yin, Xiangkang ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Board meeting attendance; Family controlled firm; Firm performance; G34; Ultimate shareholder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882789454     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.07.028     Document Type: Article

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