Corporate investments and growth options

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 863-877

  Reuer, Jeffrey J ^a   Tong, Tony W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b 160 Jacobs Management Center   (United States)

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EID: 37349016546     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1335     Document Type: Article

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