The impact of CEO succession on top management teams and thedegree of firm internationalisation

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-270

  Lin, Wen Ting ^a   Liu, Yunshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ceo succession; Firm's internationalisation degree change; Industry environment; Post succession TMT change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955856760     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2011.039941     Document Type: Article

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