Short-term versus long-term impact of managers: Evidence from the football industry

British Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 571-589

  Hughes, Mathew ^a   Hughes, Paul ^b   Mellahi, Kamel ^c   Guermat, Cherif ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77953979881     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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