Managerial change, competition, and privatization in Ukraine

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-314

  Warzynski, Frederic ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Competition; Complementarity; Firm performance; Managerial change; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037778608     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-5967(03)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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