Concentration of voting rights and board resistance to takeover bids

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-73

  St Pierre, Josée ^a   Gagnon, Jean Marie ^b   Saint Pierre, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Board composition; Corporate takeovers; Voting rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030519137     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(96)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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