Asset divestment as a response to media attacks in stigmatized industries

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1205-1223

  Durand, Rodolphe ^a   Vergne, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

categories; divestment; impression management; reputation; stigma

Indexed keywords

PLANNING;

CATEGORIES; DIVESTMENT; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; REPUTATION; STIGMA;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84936985892     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2280     Document Type: Article

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