AMONGST FRIENDS AND FAMILY – HOW SOCIAL AND FAMILY BOARD TIES AFFECT BUSINESSES

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The full study was published in the Journal of Corporate Finance and can be found here. A pre-publication version of the same study is available from the SSRN website. See also my blog on the Cadbury Code which refers to above study. Chapter 14 of International Corporate Governance reviews corporate governance issues pertaining to initial public offerings.

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