Burr under the saddle: How media coverage influences strategic change

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 910-925

  Bednar, Michael K ^a   Boivie, Steven ^b   Prince, Nicholas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Media; Strategic change; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877981583     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0770     Document Type: Article

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