Ownership as a form of corporate governance

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1561-1589

  Connelly, Brian L ^a   Hoskisson, Robert E ^b   Tihanyi, Laszlo ^c   Certo, S Trevis ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958570763     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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