Operational restructuring charges and post-restructuring performance

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 493-522

  Atiase, Rowland K ^a   Platt, David E ^a   Tse, Senyo Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings changes; Financial reporting; Operating performance; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644246808     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/V4RB-CDXJ-Q216-1406     Document Type: Review

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