Under-performance, short-termism and corporate governance: The city and the British Motor corporation, 1952–67

Financial History Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-201

  Bowden, Sue ^a   Maltby, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000884826     PISSN: 09685650     EISSN: 14740052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0968565000001852     Document Type: Article

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