Global corporate governance: On the relevance of firms' ownership structure

Journal of World Business

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 50-57

  Aguilera, Ruth V ^a,b   Crespi Cladera, Rafel ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Institutions; International corporate governance; Ownership; Types of ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951151556     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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