Discipline or Disruption? Stakeholder Relationships and the Effect of Takeover Threat

Ling Cen
Ling Cen
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Department of Management (UTSc) and Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6, Canada
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Sudipto Dasgupta
Sudipto Dasgupta
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Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster LA1 4YX, United Kingdom; and Department of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Rik Sen
Rik Sen
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Department of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Department of Management (UTSc) and Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6, Canada

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Sudipto Dasgupta

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Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster LA1 4YX, United Kingdom; and Department of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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Rik Sen

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Department of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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Published Online:7 Dec 2015https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2252

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Received:December 14, 2013
Accepted:April 25, 2015
Published Online:December 07, 2015

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