Board characteristics, managerial incentives, and the choice between foreign acquisitions and international joint ventures

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 928-953

  Datta, Deepak K ^a   Musteen, Martina ^b   Herrmann, Pol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Board characteristics; JVs; Managerial incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249095034     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308329967     Document Type: Article

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