Board games: How CEOs adapt to increases in structural board independence from management

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 511-537

  Westphal, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0032220675     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393674     Document Type: Article

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