Institutionalized action and corporate governance: The reliance on rules of CEO succession

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 384-416

  Ocasio, William ^a  

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EID: 0033243277     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2667000     Document Type: Article

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