National corporate governance institutions and post-acquisition target reorganization

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 803-833

  Capron, Laurence ^a   Guillén, Mauro ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance institutions; Institutional environment; Mergers and acquisitions; National governance systems; Post merger restructuring; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS; INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT; NATIONAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS; POST-MERGER RESTRUCTURING; STAKEHOLDER THEORY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MERGING; PERSONNEL; SHAREHOLDERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TARGETS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 67650851507     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.768     Document Type: Article

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