European patterns of corporate ownership: A twelve-country study

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 759-778

  Pedersen, Torben ^a   Thomsen, Steen ^a  

^a Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility   (Denmark)

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EID: 0031311992     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490118     Document Type: Article

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