The Influence of Ownership Structure on How Firms Make Corporate Political Strategy Choices

Business and Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 451-472

  Ozer, Mine ^a   Alakent, Ekin ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate political strategy; executive compensation; insider ownership; institutional investors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883295227     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650312466041     Document Type: Article

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