Introduction: The Diversity and Change of Corporate Governance in Japan 1

Corporate Governance in Japan: Institutional Change and Organizational Diversity

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jackson, Gregory ^a   Miyajima, Hideaki ^a  

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Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate finance; Corporate organization; Corporate ownership; Institutional change; Japanese economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920097298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199284511.003.0001     Document Type: Editorial

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