The Role of the Non‐executive Director: findings of an empirical investigation into the differences between listed and unlisted UK boards

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  2005

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  Corporate Governance: An International Review

• Publication date

  2005-10-03

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  Law, Business

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1467-8683.2005.00458.X
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