Does increased equity ownership lead to more strategically involved boards?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 267-277

  Chatterjee, Sayan ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Policy Studies Department

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Board composition; Board vigilance; Corporate governance; Equity holding; Hostile takeover

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349194949     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9797-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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