Downsizing in privatized firms in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 286-304

  Filatotchev, Igor ^a   Buck, Trevor ^a   Zhukov, Vladimir ^a  

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EID: 0034339480     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1556396     Document Type: Article

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