When does ownership matter? Board characteristics and behavior

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 823-842

  Desender, Kurt A ^a   Aguilera, Ruth V ^b,c   Crespi, Rafel ^d   García Cestona, Miguel ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

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

^c ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

audit; board of directors; corporate governance; monitoring; ownership structure

Indexed keywords

AUDIT; BOARD CHARACTERISTICS; BOARD OF DIRECTORS; CONTINGENCY APPROACHES; CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERS; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE; RESOURCE DEPENDENCES;

INDUSTRY; MONITORING;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878288337     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2046     Document Type: Article

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