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Organizational Restructuring

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This entry defines the construct ‘organizational restructuring’, reviews recent literature on organizational, financial and portfolio restructuring, and discusses directions for future research on restructuring.

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  1. College of Business, 208A Rehn Hall, 1025 Linclom Drive, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA

    William McKinley

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  1. Stanford University , Stanford, California, USA

    Mie Augier

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    David J. Teece

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McKinley, W. (2016). Organizational Restructuring. In: Augier, M., Teece, D. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_793-1

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