Board composition, ownership structure, and hostile takeovers

Separation of Ownership and Control

Eugene F. Fama, Michael C. Jensen · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1983 · 19.1K citations

Management, Contract Law, Corporate Governance +12

Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers

Michael C. Jensen · American Economic Review · 1986 · 17.6K citations

Management, Business Economics, Finance +17

Agency Problems and the Theory of the Firm

Eugene F. Fama · Journal of Political Economy · 1980 · 10.6K citations

Management, Business Economics, Entrepreneurship +13

The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective

H. Joseph Reitz, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Gerald R. Salancik · Academy of Management Review · 1979 · 9.4K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +17

Large Shareholders and Corporate Control

Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · Journal of Political Economy · 1986 · 8.6K citations

Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +11