Director networks and takeovers

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 218-234

  Renneboog, Luc ^a,b   Zhao, Yang ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centrality; Connections; Director networks; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908222780     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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