Corporate governance, tourism growth and firm performance: Evidence from publicly listed tourism firms in five Middle Eastern countries

Tourism Management

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 342-351

  Al Najjar, Basil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2SLS; Board independence; Board size; Firm performance; Logit modelling; Tourism growth

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FIRM SIZE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LEISURE INDUSTRY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROFITABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84893909795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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