Hostile takeovers and the correction of managerial failure

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 163-181

  Franks, Julian ^a   Mayer, Colin ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive dismissals; Hostile takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029693574     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-405X(95)00840-B     Document Type: Article

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