Corporate governance and national institutions: A review and emerging research agenda

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 965-986

  Filatotchev, Igor ^a,b   Jackson, Gregory ^c   Nakajima, Chizu ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agency; Corporate governance; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887319221     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-012-9293-9     Document Type: Article

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