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The view from Hong Kong

✍ Scribed by Caroline Oliver

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2003
Weight: 641 KB
Volume: 2003
Category: Article
ISSN: 1061-4249
DOI: 10.1002/bl.38620036902

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Most readers of Board Leadership are engaged with governance in the nonprofit and public sectors. In this article, Caroline Oliver takes a look at a recent report from Hong Kong that gives an overview of what is happening in the corporate sector there and asks what lessens, if any, can be learned for governance generally.

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