Does coordinated institutional investor activism reverse the fortunes of underperforming firms?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 317-336

  Song, Wei Ling ^a   Szewczyk, Samuel H ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038464590     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4126753     Document Type: Review

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