Corporate Governance in the European Union: Firm Nationality and the ‘German’ Model

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 77-98

  Rahman, Manzur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate Governance; European Union (EU); Multinational corporation; Anglo American model; German Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993093127     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200900028     Document Type: Review

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