Measuring organizational downside risk

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 671-691

  Miller, Kent D ^a   Reuer, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral decision theory; Risk measurement; Risk return

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000057558     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199611)17:9<671::AID-SMJ838>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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