Compare and contrast: Perspectives on board committees

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 489-499

  Spira, Laura F ^a,b,c   Bender, Ruth ^d,e  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KPMG   (Netherlands)

^c NHS   (United Kingdom)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit committee; Non executive directors; Remuneration committee

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644243813     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2004.00389.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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