Corporate governance in the United Kingdom: Changes to the regulatory template and company practice

Codes of Good Governance Around the World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 385-413

  Rayton, Bruce A ^a   Cheng, Suwina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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