Female board representation and corporate acquisition intensity

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 303-313

  Chen, Guoli ^a   Crossland, Craig ^b   Huang, Sterling ^c  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

board characteristics; corporate governance; director gender; mergers and acquisitions; strategic leadership

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

BOARD CHARACTERISTICS; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES; DIRECTOR GENDER; SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORIES; STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR; STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84957705941     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2323     Document Type: Article

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