Why top management team characteristics matter when employing a chief operating officer: A strategic contingency perspective

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 647-658

  Marcel, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coo; Information processing; Top management team

Indexed keywords

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICERS; CONTINGENCY PERSPECTIVE; COO; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION-PROCESSING; PROCESSING BENEFITS; RETURN ON ASSETS; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS;

EID: 67649977137     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.763     Document Type: Article

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