Here a chief, there a chief: The rise of the CFO in the American firm

American Sociological Review

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 345-364

  Zorn, Dirk M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 4143139877     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240406900302     Document Type: Article

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