Private Equity Takeovers and Employment in the UK: Some Empirical Evidence

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-275

  Goergen, Marc ^a   O'Sullivan, Noel ^b   Wood, Geoff ^c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corporate Governance; Employment; Institutional Buyouts; Private Equity; Takeovers; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955726393     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2011.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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