Dual directors and the governance of corporate spinoffs

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1754-1776

  Feldman, Emilie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84990889360     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.0552     Document Type: Article

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