Board diversity in the perspective of financial distress: Empirical evidence from the Netherlands

Corporate Board: Role, Duties and Composition

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 23-35

  Santen, Bernard ^a,b   Donker, Han ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Board diversity; Board performance; Financial distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884682529     PISSN: 18108601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cbv5i2art3     Document Type: Article

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