The Multidivisional Structure as an Enabling Device: A Longitudinal Study of Discretionary Cash as a

This study's argument is that adoption of a multidivisional, or M-form, organizational structure is linked to increases in a firm's levels of discretionary cash. I developed this proposition by ass...

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