Governance structures, director independence and corporate performance in the UK

European Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 86-95

  Weir, Charlie ^a   Laing, David ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Committees; Directors; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992597621     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340110385254     Document Type: Review

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