The effects of corporate restructuring on aggregate industry specialization

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-72

  Hatfield, Donald E ^a   Liebeskind, Julia Porter ^b   Opler, Tim C ^c  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate restructuring; Industry specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002725531     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199601)17:1<55::aid-smj788>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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