Institutional investors and firm innovation: A test of competing hypotheses

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-84

  Kochhar, Rahul ^a   David, Parthiban ^b  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Innovation; Institutional investors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003126404     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199601)17:1<73::aid-smj795>3.3.co;2-e     Document Type: Article

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