Accounting irregularities and executive turnover in founder-managed firms

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 287-314

  Leone, Andrew J ^a   Liu, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrenchment; Founders; IPO; Restatements; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149170123     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.1.287     Document Type: Review

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