Transnational corporations, socio-economic change and recurrent crisis

critical perspectives on international business

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 336-357

  Ackroyd and Jonathan Murphy, Stephen ^a   Ackroyd, Stephen ^a   Murphy, Jonathan ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate restructuring; Development of contemporary capitalism; Financialization; New financial institutions; Roles of executives and business related professions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885035967     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/cpoib-07-2013-0024     Document Type: Article

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