Small worlds evolving: Governance reforms, privatizations, and ownership networks in Italy

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 319-352

  Corrado, Raffaele ^a   Zollo, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; CORPORATE STRATEGY; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645886913     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtj018     Document Type: Article

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