Competition and cooperation in corporate governance: The effects of labor institutions on blockholder effectiveness in 23 european countries

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 530-551

  van Essen, Marc ^a   van Oosterhout, J ^b   Heugens, Pursey P M A R ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blockholding; Comparative corporate governance; Labor institutions; Meta analysis; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876108526     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0742     Document Type: Article

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