An exploratory study of adopting requirements for audit committees for non-US commercial bank registrants: An empirical analysis of foreign equity investment

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 18, Issue , 2003, Pages 456-464

  Braiotta, Louis ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit committees; Boards of directors; Corporate governance; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031881     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900310482605     Document Type: Review

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