New Investment Funds, Restructuring, and Labor Outcomes: A European Perspective

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-289

  Gospel, Howard ^a   Pendleton, Andrew ^b   Vitols, Sigurt ^c   Wilke, Peter ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Consulting company Wilke Maack ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate Governance; Europe; Funds; Labor

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955730021     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2011.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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