Political institutions, connectedness, and corporate risk-taking

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 195-215

  Boubakri, Narjess ^a   Mansi, Sattar A ^b   Saffar, Walid ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

corporate governance; political connections; political institutions; risk taking strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877272672     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.2     Document Type: Article

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