Private equity and corporate governance: Retrospect and prospect

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-375

  Wright, Mike ^a,b   Amess, Kevin ^b   Weir, Charlie ^c   Girma, Sourafel ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business Outcomes; Corporate Governance; Financial Performance; Institutional Shareholders; Mergers and Acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049110349     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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