The market for corporate control and firm innovation

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1084-1119

  Hitt, Michael A ^b   Hoskisson, Robert E ^b   Johnson, Richard A ^a   Moesel, Douglas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030268983     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256993     Document Type: Review

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