Investors' perceptions of managerial opportunism in corporate acquisitions: The moderating role of environmental conditions

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 377-387

  Kang, Eugene ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate governance; Environmental complexity; Environmental dynamism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748791444     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2006.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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