Do asset sales lead to improvements in operating performance?

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 865-871

  Gadad, Abdul Magid ^a   Thomas, Hardy M ^b  

^a Academy of Graduate Studies   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MARKET CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142748443     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000229578     Document Type: Article

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