Does internationalization make a difference? Stock market reaction to announcements of international top executive appointments

Journal of World Business

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-77

  Schmid, Stefan ^a   Dauth, Tobias ^b  

^a ESMT European School of Management and Technology   (Germany)

^b NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate performance; Event study; Firm internationalization; Top management team; Top managers' internationalization; Upper echelons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888026827     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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