Understanding Competitive and Contagion Effects of Layoff Announcements

Corporate Reputation Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-34

  Goins, Sheila ^a   Gruca, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

financial markets; firm value; layoffs; petroleum industry; reputation; shareholder reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349743307     PISSN: 13633589     EISSN: 14791889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/crr.2008.3     Document Type: Article

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