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In this chapter, we present the descriptive and inferential statistical analyses of the data used to achieve the objectives of this research on the link between Board structure and the performance of listed companies in the country of Pakistan.

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Tabassum, N., Singh, S. (2020). Empirical Results and Discussion. In: Corporate Governance and Organisational Performance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48527-6_5

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