Managerial and Disciplinary Responses to Abandoned Acquisitions in Bidding Firms: A New Perspective

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 402-416

  Mccann, Michael ^a   Ackrill, Robert ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Anglo American environments; Corporate governance; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940893175     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/corg.12104     Document Type: Article

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