Nissan stood out for bad governance structures, Jefferies’ Khan Says
By Bloomberg
25 November 2018 |
2:26 pm
Zuhair Khan, head of research at Jefferies Japan, talks about the dismissal of Carlos Ghosn as Nissan Motor chairman, and what it says about corporate governance in the country.
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