The effect of board capital and CEO power on strategic change

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1145-1163

  Haynes, Katalin Takacs ^a   Hillman, Amy ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

board composition; boards of directors; human capital; power; social capital; strategic change

Indexed keywords

BOARD COMPOSITION; BOARDS OF DIRECTORS; HUMAN CAPITALS; POWER; SOCIAL CAPITALS; STRATEGIC CHANGES;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 78249260904     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.859     Document Type: Article

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