Corporate governance predictors of adoption of anti-takeover amendments: An empirical analysis
This study of 481 corporations provides an assessment of the relationship between several corporate governance variables (board composition, type of board leadership, officer and director stock holdings, institutional stock holdings, number of majority owners, existence of severance agreements) and...
| Published in: | Journal of business ethics |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1993
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
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| Further subjects: | B
Empirical Analysis
B Corporate governance B Governance Variable B Board Composition B Economic Growth |
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| Summary: | This study of 481 corporations provides an assessment of the relationship between several corporate governance variables (board composition, type of board leadership, officer and director stock holdings, institutional stock holdings, number of majority owners, existence of severance agreements) and adoption of anti-takeover amendments. The results of analysis suggest that the two groups (adopters/non-adopters) differ significantly in regards to these variables. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00882027 |