HOW firms respond to financial restatement: Ceo successors and external reactions

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1759-1785

  Gomulya, David ^a   Boeker, Warren ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84918509467     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0491     Document Type: Review

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