The importance of board quality in the event of a CEO death

Financial Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-337

  Borokhovich, Kenneth A ^a   Brunarski, Kelly R ^b   Donahue, Maura S ^c   Harman, Yvette S ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Board composition; Board size; CEO turnover; Corporate governance; Executive deaths; Firm performance; G34; Managerial succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149100288     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.1969.tb01741.x-i1     Document Type: Article

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