Determinants of institutional investor activism: A test of the Ryan-Schneider Model (2002)

Journal of Managerial Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-261

  Rubach, Michael J ^a   Sebora, Terrence C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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