Ownership structure, board composition and the market for corporate control in the UK: An empirical analysis

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1747-1759

  Weir, Charlie ^a   Laing, David ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0346962832     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000155454     Document Type: Article

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