Hostile takeovers and the correction of managerial failure

Outside directors and CEO turnover

Michael S. Weisbach · Journal of Financial Economics · 1988 · 4.4K citations

Management, Corporate Governance, Organizational Behavior +12

Takeover Bids, The Free-Rider Problem, and the Theory of the Corporation

Sanford J. Grossman, Oliver Hart · The Bell Journal of Economics · 1980 · 3.2K citations

Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +15

Synergistic gains from corporate acquisitions and their division between the stockholders of target and acquiring firms

Michael Bradley, Anand S. Desai, E.Han Kim · Journal of Financial Economics · 1988 · 1.8K citations

Business, Strategic Management, Corporate Finance +10

Stock prices and top management changes

Jerold B. Warner, Ross L. Watts, Karen H. Wruck · Journal of Financial Economics · 1988 · 1.6K citations

Business, Business Economics, Finance +10

Takeovers: Their Causes and Consequences

Michael C. Jensen · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 1988 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Business, Business Economics, Finance +10