Failed takeover attempts, corporate governance and refocusing

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-96

  Chatterjee, Sayan ^a   Harrison, Jeffrey S ^b   Bergh, Donald D ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Governance; Refocusing; Restructuring; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGENCY THEORY; BOARD OF DIRECTORS; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; CORPORATE TAKEOVER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REFOCUSING; RESTRUCTURING;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0037225509     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.279     Document Type: Article

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