Competitive repertoire complexity: Governance antecedents and performance outcomes

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1151-1173

  Connelly, Brian L ^a   Tihanyi, Laszlo ^b   Ketchen, David J ^a   Carnes, Christina Matz ^c   Ferrier, Walter J ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

agency theory; competitive dynamics; executive compensation; institutional investors; tournament theory

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

AGENCY THEORY; COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS; EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS; TOURNAMENT THEORY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84992143347     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2541     Document Type: Article

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