Corporate governance and firm diversification

Financial Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-22

  Anderson, Ronald C ^a   Bates, Thomas W ^a   Bizjak, John M ^a   Lemmon, Michael L ^a  

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EID: 0034411361     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3666358     Document Type: Article

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