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From Orchestra Conductor to Principal's Agent: How Internal Financialization of Top Management Has Enabled External Financialization of the Firm

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Pages 23-44 | Received 08 Nov 2019, Accepted 22 Dec 2020, Published online: 12 Jan 2021

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