Evaluating boards of directors: What constitutes a good corporate board?

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 461-478

  Van Den Berghe, Lutgart A A ^a,b,c,d   Levrau, Abigail ^b,d  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Research Centre for Entrepreneurship   (Belgium)

^d Belgian Directors' Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Board effectiveness; Board evaluation; Board of directors; Corporate governance; Corporate governance rating

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644231659     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2004.00387.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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