If only I could sack you! Management turnover and performance in Great German Banks between 1874 and 1913

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-145

  Bayer, Christian ^a   Burhop, Carsten ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BANKING; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TURNOVER;

EID: 58949085648     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850601018205     Document Type: Article

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