Malaysian companies’ use of the internet for investor relations

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-14

  Zakimi Abdul Hamid, Fathilatul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Disclosure; Internet; Investors; Malaysia; Reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986101126     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700510583421     Document Type: Article

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