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Factors Influencing Corporate Governance: A Structured Literature Review

Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence
Volume 19 (2025): Issue 1 (July 2025)
By: Mădălina Preda,  Aurelia Ștefănescu and  Ileana Cosmina Pitulice  
Open Access
|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2025-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2558-9652
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Language: English
Page range: 277 - 293
Published on: Jul 24, 2025
Published by: Bucharest University of Economic Studies
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Corporate Governance,
Internal audit,
structured analysis,
coding,
criteria,
specialized literature
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other,
Business management,
Business management, other,
Industrial chemistry,
Energy harvesting and conversion

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