The changing nature of corporate control and ownership structure

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 651-672

  Barnes, Paul ^a   Davidson, Ian ^b   Wright, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346214545     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1996.tb01147.x     Document Type: Article

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