Hedge funds: Agents of change for financialization

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 358-376

  Fichtner, Jan ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disciplinary power; Financialization; Global financial crisis; Hedge funds; Market volatility; Shareholder value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885032988     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/cpoib-06-2013-0017     Document Type: Article

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