The governance and control of voluntary corporate spin-offs

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-39

  Seward, James K ^a   Walsh, James P ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO compensation; Corporate governance; Corporate restructuring; Spin offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003335957     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199601)17:1<25::aid-smj797>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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