Internal Control Mechanisms and Forced CEO Turnover: An Empirical Investigation

The dissertation empirically examines the efficacy of internal control mechanisms by analyzing 94 forced turnovers of chief executive officers (CEOs). It seeks to answer two primary questions: One, do governance-related characteristics influence the promptness with which poorly-performing CEOs are r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jagannathan, Murali
Other Authors: Finance
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30322
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-183513359611541/