Does the rolodex matter? Corporate elite's small world and the effectiveness of boards of directors

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-252

  Nguyen, Bang Dang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board of directors; CEO turnover; Corporate governance; Firm performance; Social networks

Indexed keywords

BOARD OF DIRECTORS; CEO TURNOVER; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84861385047     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1457     Document Type: Article

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