Shareholder value and financialization: Consultancy promises, management moves

Economy and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-110

  Froud, Julie ^a   Haslam, Colin ^b   Johal, Sukhdev ^b   Williams, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultants; Corporate management; Financialization; Restructuring; Shareholder value

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002144125     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030851400360578     Document Type: Article

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