Is public ownership bad for professional service firms? Ad agency ownership, performance, and creativity

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 429-445

  Von Nordenflycht, Andrew ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 34248654066     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2007.24634774     Document Type: Article

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