Effect of ownership on efficiency in Spanish companies

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-307

  Bachiller, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Privatization; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549105975     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910938920     Document Type: Article

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