The second time as farce? the EU takeover directive, the clash of capitalisms and the hamstrung harmonization of European (and French) corporate governance

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-79

  Clift, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57549101227     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2008.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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