Does Governance Matter? Board Configuration and Performance in Not-for-Profit Hospitals
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عنوان ژورنال: The Milbank Quarterly
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0887-378X,1468-0009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2006.00466.x