The Quality of Explanations for Deviation from Principles of Corporate Governance. An Introduction

• Authors: Koładkiewicz Izabela
• Languages of publication: EN

Keywords

principles of corporate governance; code of corporate governance; corporate governance statements; explanation for deviation

• Publisher: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
• Journal: Journal of Management and Business Administration. Central Europe
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 34-54

Dates

published

2017-09-15

Contributors

author

Koładkiewicz Izabela

• Kozminski University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7206/jmba.ce.2450-7814.202