How far that little candle throws his beams! An interview with Mats Isaksson

Alessandro Merendino, Marc Goergen

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This article adopts a policy-maker perspective on corporate governance, while exploring the role of academia in influencing corporate governance principles, the reasons for the boilerplate approach to governance rules typically adopted by most companies, and the reasons for a possible disconnect between research and corporate governance policies. The article ends with some key lessons about corporate governance and the future research agenda.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)411-419
JournalJournal of Management Inquiry
Volume27
Issue number4
Early online date21 Jun 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2018

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Keywords

  • Corporate Governance
  • Code of corporate governance
  • OECD
  • Interview
  • policy-makers
  • agency theory
  • board of directors
  • corporate culture

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How far that little candle throws his beams! An interview with Mats Isaksson. / Merendino, Alessandro; Goergen, Marc.

In: Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 4, 10.2018, p. 411-419.

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Merendino, A & Goergen, M 2018, 'How far that little candle throws his beams! An interview with Mats Isaksson' Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 411-419. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492617712896
Merendino A, Goergen M. How far that little candle throws his beams! An interview with Mats Isaksson. Journal of Management Inquiry. 2018 Oct;27(4):411-419. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492617712896
Merendino, Alessandro ; Goergen, Marc. / How far that little candle throws his beams! An interview with Mats Isaksson. In: Journal of Management Inquiry. 2018 ; Vol. 27, No. 4. pp. 411-419.
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