Interlocks and firm performance: The role of uncertainty in the directorate interlock-performance relationship

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 235-253

  Martin, Geoffrey ^a   Gözübüyük, Remzi ^b   Becerra, Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b OZYEGIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Directorate interlock; Networks; Performance; Resource dependence; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PLANNING;

DIRECTORATE INTERLOCK; FIRM PERFORMANCE; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE EFFECT; RESOURCE DEPENDENCES; UNCERTAINTY;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84920886004     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2216     Document Type: Article

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