Restructuring top management: Evidence from corporate spinoffs

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Wruck, Eric G ^a   Wruck, Karen H ^a  

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EID: 0042762665     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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