Market reactions to announcements of corporate downsizing actions and implementation strategies

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1121-1129

  Nixon, Robert D ^a   Hitt, Michael A ^b   Lee, H O U K ^c   Jeong, Eui ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^d BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disengagement incentives; Downsizing; Human capital; Implementation; Reallocation strategies

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

CAPITAL COSTS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; MARKET PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 7044274536     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.423     Document Type: Article

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