Entrepreneurial growth through privatization: The upside of management buyouts

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 591-601

  Wright, Mike ^b   Hoskisson, Robert E ^a   Busenitz, Lowell W ^b   Dial, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034215095     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2000.3363522     Document Type: Article

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