Ownership, Competition, and Financial Disclosure

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-263

  Birt, Jacqueline L ^a   Bilson, Chris M ^a   Smith, Tom ^a   Whaley, Robert E ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

COMPETITION; OWNERSHIP; VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURES

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992861755     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/031289620603100204     Document Type: Article

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