An analysis of management buy-out failure

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-70

  Wright, Mike ^a   Wilson, Nick ^b   Robbie, Ken ^a   Ennew, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85040494483     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199601)17:1<57::AID-MDE734>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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