The importance of board composition and committee structure: The case of poison pills

Corporate Ownership and Control

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 81-95

  Davidson III, Wallace N ^a   Pilger, Ted ^a   Szakmary, Andrew ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board composition; Management entrenchment; Outsiders; Poison pills

Indexed keywords

EID: 47849097304     PISSN: 17279232     EISSN: 18103057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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