Outlay flexibility and organisational risk: Examining the relationship and its implication for firm returns

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 461-473

  Bhattacharya, Mousumi ^a   Giapponi, Catherine C ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organisational risk (variations in profitability); Outlay flexibility at firm level

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547562379     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2007.012740     Document Type: Article

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