Outside board monitoring and the economic outcomes of acquisitions: A test of the substitution hypothesis

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 926-934

  Desai, Ashay ^a   Kroll, Mark ^b   Wright, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Agency; Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144283944     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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