Management buy-outs: the impact of ownership changes on performance

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-269

  Weir, C ^a   Laing, D ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buyouts; Modelling; Performance indicators; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992997626     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006788     Document Type: Article

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