Board Independence, Ownership Structure and the Valuation of IPOs in Continental Europe

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-131

  Bertoni, Fabio ^a   Meoli, Michele ^b   Vismara, Silvio ^b  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Board composition; Corporate governance; Resource dependence theory; Shareholder value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896691310     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/corg.12051     Document Type: Article

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