firm performance. See performance, firm

France, 37–38, 185, 187

fundraising, 84, 130, 139, 211, 222, 225, 227, 231, 254–255, 266, 284, 301–302, 307

Gales & Kesner, 57

Gendron, Bedard, & Gosselin, 77–78, 187

group conflict, 35

Granovetter, 29, 176

Greiner, L. E., 44–45

guardian angel, 134, 144, 223, 283

Gulati & Gargiulo, 31

Hannan & Freeman, 26

Hambrick & D'Aveni, 56

Hardy, C., 35, 70

headhunter, 180, 186, 243, 251–252, 256–258, 260, 299–300

herd mentality, 134, 252

hierarchy, 32

Hillman & Dalziel, 23–24, 29, 70, 175

Hollinger, 18, 51, 187

human capital, 24, 29, 54, 92, 175

human resource, 33, 44, 54, 124, 131, 154, 158, 160–161, 172, 177, 186–187, 249, 254, 263, 300

hybrid, 32–33

independence, 7, 18–20, 51–53, 76–77, 86, 104–105, 117–118, 124–125, 136–137, 140–142, 162, 164, 167–169, 173–175, 180–183, 188–191, 193, 195, 197n4, 203, 205, 219, 246, 265, 268, 273, 276–281, 307, 313–314

industry experience, 16, 127–128, 130, 132–133, 135, 152, 162, 168, 174, 254–256, 258, 262, 268, 302–303

interlocks, 4–5, 7, 9nn5–6, 18, 32, 34, 36–41, 43, 69–70, 72–73, 75, 77–82, 84, 87, 95, 104–105, 118, 137–139, 161–162, 167–168, 172, 176, 179, 183, 307–309

information

as a commodity, 15

initial public offering (IPO), 3, 27, 63, 88, 155

Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), 26, 90, 94n3

institutional theory, 24–29, 48, 50, 70, 175

institutional process, 28

intrapreneur, 31

investor, 13, 17, 19–21, 50–51, 59n1, 81, 84, 97, 151, 229, 233, 261, 280, 284, 296

isomorphism, 25–29, 38, 59n6, 175

Japan, 37–38, 185, 187

Jarillo, C. J., 32

Jawahar & Mclaughlin, 44, 46

Jensen & Meckling, 15, 49

Johannisson & Monsted, 30

Johnson, Daily, & Ellstrand, 2

Kadushin, C., 37, 70

Khanna, Kogan, & Palepu, 28

Kosnik, R. D., 17

lawsuits, 20, 112, 126, 242, 272–273, 275, 311

leadership, 3, 25, 57–58, 180, 182, 188, 220