Managerial ownership and corporate diversification: A longitudinal view

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-225

  Goranova, Maria ^a   Alessandri, Todd M ^a   Brandes, Pamela ^a   Dharwadkar, Ravi ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate diversification; Incentive alignment; Managerial ownership

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION; MANAGERIAL OWNERSHIP;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847187762     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.570     Document Type: Article

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