What do shareholders do? Accounting, ownership and the theory of the firm: Implications for corporate governance and reporting

Accounting, Economics and Law

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Biondi, Yuri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Dividend policy; Executive remuneration; Goodwill; Revaluations; Share buybacks; Stock dividends; Theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906119450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21522820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/2152-2820.1068     Document Type: Article

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