Corporate governance and the dynamics of ownership of German firms between 1997 and 2007

Corporate Ownership and Control

Volumn 6, Issue 2 A, 2008, Pages 25-32

  Schwetzler, Bernhard ^a   Sperling, Marco O ^a  

^a HHL LEIPZIG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Germany; Ownership concentration; Ultimate ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896312461     PISSN: 17279232     EISSN: 18103057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cocv6i2p2     Document Type: Article

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