CEO turnover and retention light: Retaining former CEOs on the board

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1015-1047

  Evans, John Harry ^a   Nagarajan, Nandu J ^a   Schloetzer, Jason D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649398072     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2010.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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