O'Sullivan, Noel; Wong, Pauline - In: Journal of Management and Governance 2 (1998) 1, pp. 17-35
This paper examines the relationship between board composition, ownership structure and takeovers in the UK in the period 1989–1993. We compare board composition and ownership characteristics for a sample of 166 takeover targets with a matched sample of nontarget firms. We further disaggregate...