What do they know? The effects of outside director acquisition experience on firm acquisition performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1155-1177

  McDonald, Michael L ^a   Westphal, James D ^b   Graebner, Melissa E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Board effectiveness; Board independence; Boards of directors; Director experience; Director expertise

Indexed keywords

CABLE STAYED BRIDGES; FOCUSING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ACQUISITIONS; BOARD EFFECTIVENESS; BOARD INDEPENDENCE; BOARDS OF DIRECTORS; DIRECTOR EXPERIENCE; DIRECTOR EXPERTISE;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 55349138098     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.704     Document Type: Article

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