Quantity versus quality of directors’ time: The effectiveness of directors and number of outside directorships

Managerial Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1-21

  Li, Joanne ^a   Ang, James S ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting research; Directors; Organizational performance; Skills; Time; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015664641     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350010766909     Document Type: Article

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