The role of CEO relative standing in acquisition behavior and CEO pay

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1877-1894

  Seo, Jeongil ^a   Gamache, Daniel L ^b   Devers, Cynthia E ^b   Carpenter, Mason A ^c  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO underpayment; corporate governance; executive compensation; mergers and acquisitions; relative standing

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

CEO COMPENSATIONS; CEO UNDERPAYMENT; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION; RELATIVE STANDING;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84944721724     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2316     Document Type: Article

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