National governance system, corporate ownership, and roles of outside directors: A corporate governance bundle perspective

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 252-265

  Yoshikawa, Toru ^a   Zhu, Hongjin ^b   Wang, Pengji ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agency Theory; Board of Directors; Corporate Governance; Ownership Mechanisms; Resource Dependence Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899636041     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/corg.12050     Document Type: Article

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