Employee downsizing strategies: Market reaction and post announcement financial performance

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 847-870

  Chalos, Peter ^a   Chen, Charles J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33745468942     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00453     Document Type: Article

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