The moderating effect of CEO power on the board composition-firm performance relationship

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1299-1323

  Combs, James G ^a   Ketchen Jr , David J ^b   Perryman, Alexa A ^b   Donahue, Maura S ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 36849034352     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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