Agency conflict and corporate strategy: The effect of divestment on corporate value

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-83

  Wright, Peter ^a   Ferris, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate divestment; Corporate performance; Firm value

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002628714     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199701)18:1<77::aid-smj810>3.3.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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