“Who steals my purse steals trash...”: reputation as a factor in establishing the value of non-executive directors and members of audit committees

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-27

  Page, Michael ^a   Spira, Laura F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit committees; corporate governance; honours; non executive directors; reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644256224     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2000.001212     Document Type: Article

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