Project execution capability, organizational know-how and conglomerate corporate growth in late industrialization

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 111-147

  Amsden, Alice H ^a   Hikino, Takashi ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0001158902     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/3.1.111     Document Type: Article

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