Environmental dynamism, capital structure and performance: A theoretical integration and an empirical test

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-49

  Simerly, Roy L ^a   Li, Mingfang ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Environmental dynamism; Firm performance; Organizational economics; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001881842     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(200001)21:1<31::AID-SMJ76>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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