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CORPORATE DIVESTITURE INTENSITY IN RESTRUCTURING FIRMS: EFFECTS OF GOVERNANCE, STRATEGY, AND PERFORMANCE.

Robert E. Hoskisson, R. A. Johnson, Douglas D. Moesel

Academy of Management Journal · 1994 · 631 citations · 80 references

Concepts

BusinessCorporate GovernanceStrategyBusiness StrategyCorporate FinanceCorporate StrategyBusiness RestructuringCorporate RestructuringCorporate Strategy AnalysisOrganizational RestructuringBusiness Restructuring AnalysisCorporate DivestituresRestructuring Strategy

Abstract

Both inadequate governance and inappropriate strategy have been proposed as antecedents of the divestment activity of restructuring firms in the 1980s. We combined both views in a structural equati...

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