Corporate decision making: Contending perspectives and their governance implications

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-57

  Dixon, John ^a   Dogan, Rhys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Decision making; Social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986169865     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700310459854     Document Type: Review

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