Breakthrough board performance: How to harness your board's intellectual capital[1]

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-23

  Nicholson, Gavin J ^a   Kiel, Geoffrey C ^b  

^a Competitive Dynamics Pty Ltd ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Corporate governance; Intellectual capital; Management effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037846     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700410521925     Document Type: Article

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