Japanese corporate restructuring: CEO priorities as a window on environmental and organizational change

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 44-75

  Robinson, Patricia ^a   Shimizu, Norihiko ^a,b  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

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EID: 33748327041     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMP.2006.21903481     Document Type: Article

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