An analysis of the association between firms' investment opportunities, board composition and firm performance

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-38

  Hutchinson, Marion ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agency theory; corporate governance; firm performance; investment opportunity set

Indexed keywords

EID: 85147452162     PISSN: 16081625     EISSN: 21642257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2002.10510598     Document Type: Article

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