The US stock market and the governance of innovative enterprise

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 983-1035

  Lazonick, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; STOCK MARKET;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849021993     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtm030     Document Type: Article

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