Sovereign wealth funds and shareholder activism: Applying the Ryan-Schneider antecedents to determine policy implications

Corporate Governance (Bingley)

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-69

  Ghahramani, Salar ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Investment funds; Shareholder activism; Shareholders; Sovereign wealth funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874162087     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701311302413     Document Type: Article

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