The importance of management and transaction costs for large UK firms

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1317-1329

  Dietrich, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT; TRANSACTION COST;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041932517     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000095406     Document Type: Article

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