Corporate control and the speed of strategic business unit decision making

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1295-1324

  Kownatzki, Maximilian ^a   Walter, Jorge ^b   Floyd, Steven W ^c   Lechner, Christoph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84886849344     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0804     Document Type: Article

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