Explaining differences in firms' responses to activism

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 397-417

  Waldron, Theodore L ^a   Navis, Chad ^b   Fisher, Greg ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879812402     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2011.0466     Document Type: Article

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