Independent director death and CEO acquisitiveness: Build an empire or pursue a quiet life?

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 780-792

  Shi, Wei ^a   Hoskisson, Robert E ^b   Zhang, Yan Anthea ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

board of directors; CEOs; mergers and acquisitions; social peers; strategic leadership

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY;

BOARD OF DIRECTORS; CEOS; GROWTH THEORY; INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS; SOCIAL PEERS; SOCIAL STATUS; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 85011824619     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2514     Document Type: Article

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