Decoupling risk taking from income stream uncertainty: A holistic model of risk

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1037-1062

  Palmer, Timothy B ^a   Wiseman, Robert M ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance volatility; Risk return; Risk taking; Structural equations modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000366954     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199911)20:11<1037::aid-smj67>3.0.co;2-2     Document Type: Article

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