Management and ownership effects: Evidence from five countries

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 533-553

  Gedajlovic, Eric R ^a   Shapiro, Daniel M ^b  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate performance; Cross national strategy; Managerial discretion; Ownership and control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001240280     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199806)19:6<533::aid-smj957>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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